We are off! As expected there was no wind today so it was a motor boat start. Still super fun to see 34 boats leaving Bermuda together and all squeezing through the town cut. We are now a few hours out and seem to be one of the most southerly boats. So far we are headed direct for Azores on a great circle route, 68T. The reason being to minimise distance while motoring and there is a potential low coming up from the carribean and I was to be as east as possible so we have the best chance to pick the southerly then westerly winds that a low would bring. It also puts us high on the leaderboard but it means nothing at the moment as we are all motoring.
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