I am hiking in the woods every day with my dogs, which we all enjoy. Resuming life at home has been really nice, re-uniting with family and friends, and I have an overall feeling of contentment with the simple pleasures. So, I wish the new owners well and hope the boat gives them the same great performance and reliability she gave me. I was not excited to put her through what would be the third major refit, which she definitely needs after another 40,000 offshore miles. Selling her was not an easy decision as we are close friends, but the time was right. I bought GS2 new in 2011, so have owned her for 12 years and sailed her around the world twice. I had listed the boat with a broker during the race and it went under a Purchase and Sale contract while I was still racing and we agreed to have the boat surveyed and hopefully close on the sale after finishing in Lorient. However, I have now given the presentation twice and it has been well-received, so if you have a group that would be interested, please email me at some of you know, I sold GryphonSolo2 in France after finishing the Globe40. It was quite a project, as we sifted through over 2,000 photos and videos and made some difficult choices about what to include and how to best tell the story. It has already been about two months since Roger and I finished the Globe40 in Lorient, France on March 17 and I have been re-living the race on a daily basis as I have put together a multi-media presentation on PowerPoint. I am writing this note from the comfort of my home office, with the heel angle at zero, the temperature at 70-degrees, no waves crashing over the house, and a kitchen and bathroom close by. American Joe Harris, who sailed with Roger Junet, files this report on May 19, 2023:

Seven teams were at the beginning in June from Tangier, Morocco with four teams completing the course in March at Lorient, France. The 2022-23 Globe40 was an eight-leg doublehanded round the world race in Class40s.

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