Samatha Davies (Britain), Initiatives-Cœur (IMOCA)

The conditions were lighter. I don’t think I’ve ever done a Transat and not taken two reefs in. A low-wind transat. The Doldrums weren’t easy and the other difference this edition is that now it is a real competition. For the first time there were 29 boats and it’s more like sailing at the level of the Figaro in terms of competition. To have a real regatta, all the way across the Atlantic in these machines is amazing. That’s the massive difference and hopefully that continues.