Paul Cayard Quotations

It has been a strange start, to have to fly the boat to Cape Town.

We're definitely fully into it, but we're not changing who we are. We're still professional sailors.

The race is a fantastic experience. I decided this whole thing about being a pirate and promoting a film is a great opportunity for our sport to branch out.

It was a great race today for all of us. The racing was really close and there were plenty of lead changes, so we all really enjoyed it.

If you get on the wrong side of one, you can be stuck there for ten hours (because of the wind patterns).

The good news is that there has been more wind than the forecast. But still upwind which is slow going.

We worked together on that and there was a give and take both ways. They were very respectful of our needs as pro sailors...and I think we came up with a really good representation of pirates in a very classy, modern way.

The breeze can be very unsteady on the bay so reading and reacting to the shifts is going to be huge.

The thing I realized this last few days is that the earth is a big place.

This is going to be tricky, no question about it. It could be a very tough day on the water if the wind is light and fickle and the current becomes a factor.