After a perfect start: on the line at the starting signal, we headed south towards the acceleration zone in increasing winds.
After clearing the south end of the island with the wind unsteadily around 25 knots, we decided to drop the gennaker, but in the process we broached a couple of times.
With gusts up to 30 kn, we continued with two reefs in the main. With a couple of hundred boats around on different courses, it was sometimes a little difficult, as very few seemed to respect the COLREGS rules, not wanting to give way. Soon, however, boats were more scarce as they spread across the ocean.
During the night, the wind settled, and by morning we had only around 13 kn of wind. All in all not too bad a day, with 175nm on the clock.
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