There were a million high moments but it's sometimes difficult to communicate those.

When I was out there I was never ever alone, there was always a team of people behind me, in mind if not in body.

[It read:] Courage is not having the energy to go on, it's going on when you do not have the energy. ... And that's true.

It was an extraordinary experience, quite overwhelming.

It's been an absolutely unbelievable voyage, both physically and mentally.

There is real relief on board, it hasn't been the most ideal way to start but we are really happy to be able to get on with the task of challenging the Jules Verne record.

I think it is incredible just to see so many people there shouting your name and waving.

Every individual face, a grandmother or grandchild or parents and their two kids, they're all there waving at you and they've all come to see you, it's as simple as that. They're not there simply by chance and that's very, very humbling.

You don't fear for your life in the middle of a storm, you can't really afford to.