Good Morning from the wet and wild Dare To Lead!
We had a good start to the race before the chaos of darkness engulfed us all. It was fishing boats galore, with the surprise appearance of a drilling platform being towed too that we had to tack behind!
All the crew are settling in well, it's safe to say it's not been a gentle easing into it. We are beating into wind that's growing ever stronger and the green monster is understandably rearing its nasty head, but everyone is pushing through it, and hoping he disappears sooner rather than later.
The next few days is going to be a game of tacking up inshore to try and avoid some of the swell and gain more favourable winds before heading down through the Ocean Sprint and nipping in tight past Taiwan. It'll be cool to finally head back out and into the Pacific properly to get a little taste of things to come.
I'd like to say a massive thank you to everyone in Zhuhai, it was a lovely stopover, and everyone really made us feel welcome. I hope the race can come visit again so more people can experience their hospitality.
That's all for now. Cheers, Charlie, Ryan and the DTL crew:)