Herbossduringthesethreemonthsof her gap yearbetweenleaving fee-paying Marlborough Collegeandgoing up to StAndrewsUniversitywas former round-the-world yachtsmanSirChay Blyth.
In 1991 he left his career in the fire service to become a professional yachtsman, when he was selected to skipper the 67ft steel yacht Group 4 in SirChay Blyth's British Steel Challenge.