And primarily that means trying to get as much weather information as possible. Modern navigators like Hayles don't have to rely solely on the tides and the stars. We also have technology that allows us to get data from different places, and we're probably blessed more than other boats in terms of what we've got on board. We've got some pretty good kit for getting weather on board, so we'll never lack weather information. And hopefully we can interpret it to make sure that we never find ourselves in a dangerous situation.
Weather is everything.
You can have a fine boat, but if you don't read the weather properly, there's no point. It's the biggest strategy of the whole race. Hayles is a veteran of two previous Whitbread races. His decision to join Team Tyco was rigorously systematic, as befits a navigator. And I particularly liked the way that Kevin Shoebridge put the program together, and his whole ethic behind the program.