Hey,
Short one today, we’re currently in the thick of it, racing closely against Washington, DC, Our Isles and Oceans, UNICEF, Zhuhai, Yacht Club Punta del Este, and Perseverance.
I always enjoy these short races every now and then, the fact you know it’ll all be over in a couple of days gives you the excuse to push a little more as you know you’ll get some proper rest again soon. As well as the motivation to do everything you possibly can to pre-empt what your next move will be as any gains or losses are much harder to claw back in a shorter space of time.
We turned the corner last night onto what is effectively the home stretch and have been racing in close proximity to most of the fleet ever since. Now the debate is whether we change back to the Code 2 or stick with the 1 for a little longer to see if we can ride things through before the signature Clipper Race end of race wind-hole.
Huge well done to Dan and Laura for managing to keep the pressure on us for at least 12 hours sticking within 2nm (feel free to slow down a little though;)) and to Josh and Cam on Ha Long Bay, Viet Nam who seem to have managed to run away with it!
That’s all for this race likely! We’ll be blogging again once we’re on our way up to Qingdao!
Charlie, Ryan and the Dare To Lead team.