HB IV is currently in Gibraltar and will set off on March 19th for a 400 mile hop to Porto de Leixoes in Portugal. The next stage (volunteers anyone?) will be to La Rochelle where Dufour will undergo some work before returning to the UK for the EAORA Season.
Otherwise plans are storming ahead for the ARC2012 starting on November 25th and the crewlist is building very rapidly. The plan will then be to do the Caribbean 600 starting on 18th February 2013.