Of course, you all know how well the boat handles itself, but I was extremely impressed with how well she handled surfing down waves and logging a top speed of 22.7 knots during the crossing.
Bigbird was a very popular boat during the rally as it is still rare enough that so many people wanted to check it out. That was also the case all summer in the Mediterranean. We always had people circling the boat in anchorages gawking and taking photos.