Samantha Davies (Britain), skipper, Initiatives-Cœur (IMOCA)

(Q:Will you make you tactical decision at Ushant?)

"Do we go to Ushant? (laughs) Once we’re west of Ushant then we’ve got to make a decision. I don’t want to make a decision yet because it’s not clear enough and sometimes if you decide in your head you influence yourself when you’re making further decisions. We’re pretty open at the moment, (laughs)  we’re going to have all the sails out on the deck to work out which one we’re going to use."

(Q:What did you say to Romain (Attanasio, her husband, skipper the IMOCA, Pure) this morning?

"We didn’t really say much to each - ‘tu as bien dormi?’, ‘oui’ (‘did you sleep well?’, ‘yes’) (laughs). He made me a cup of tea, but he was leaving before me and we were running around trying to pack the apartment."