Crowhurst was left as the only person in the race, andgiven his high reported speedsvirtually guaranteed the £5,000 prize. This would, however, also guarantee intense scrutiny of himself, his stories, and his logs by genuine Cape Horn veterans such as the sceptical Chichester. Although he had put great effort into his fabricated log, such a deception would in practice be extremely difficult to carry off, particularly for someone who did not have actual experience of the Southern Ocean; something of which he must have been aware at heart. Although he had been sailing fastat one point making over in a dayas soon as he learned of Tetley's sinking, he slowed down to a wandering crawl.