SAILINGJONNY Malbon outlined his plan of action after finishing the third leg of the Solitaire du Figaro — "Sleep, eat, drink, sleep, eat and sleep."
The Cowes skipper finished the penultimate leg in 41st place.
The third 349-mile leg of the arduous Solitaire proved challenging with strong winds, rain, less than seasonal temperatures and fog making it hard work for the solo skippers.
Jonny found the leg hard work having not fully recovered from leg two when he was forced to hand-steer for nearly the entire leg due to a broken autopilot and did not sleep for three whole days.
As he stepped ashore in Kinsale, Ireland, he said: "I’m fine, a bit tired but actually not feeling quite as tired as I probably should be. The boat is fine. I managed to get a big cut in my hand after picking up a fish hook in my spinnaker sheet which I didn’t see when I was cleaning it."
On leaving Brest, the 44-boat fleet raced north up the coast of France before crossing the English Channel and rounding Wolf Rock off the south-west tip of England.
Along the way the he got his spinnaker wrapped around the forestay in a gybe, and then the weather worsened to hinder his progress.
Jonny, sailing Artemis, finished just over an hour after the leg winner, Adrien Hardy.
The final 435-mile leg of the 2010 Figaro left Kinsale for Cherbourg on Monday.