Message From nicole

The last big race has begun...It was all a bit odd before we started. Everyone was a little apprehensive; the leggers because it was their first ocean crossing, & us, I think, because it was the last. We got off to a cracking start - tacking up the estuary, with the Lady Qing out in front, avoiding all of the chaos behind. But once out at sea the wind dropped, &as we hit the Grand Banks the fog rolled in; & here we are again flopping around in the fog...