Since departing La Gomera the team have faced all conditions, beautiful nights under the stars, pods of dolphins swimming around the boat and the much anticipated choppy seas.
Initial sickness subsided fairly quickly and the team have worked well together, making good speed and using the currents to their advantage. If you have been following the teams progress (if you haven’t check out the YB races app) you will have noticed that the teams first headed South rather than West. This enabled them to use the currents to their advantage, rather than fight against the currents which would have forced them further north than they would like. The shortest latitudinal route isn’t necessary the quickest when ocean rowing!
The team will have been glad to have been clipped in during this period as the sea has been pretty rough. In the video you can see the impact of the swell when rowing doesn’t make it easy!