So, winding up this competition so to speak, the Swiss have surely earned the title of The Big Cheese of the Sailing World. How sweet the victory must be to them! It was truly amazing to see Alinghi knife her way through the waves. And Coutts and Butterworth get to re-settle into lovely chalets on the slopes of some remote valley, their sleep only disturbed by an occasional cow bell or yodel.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble