Dazcats Ocean Racing 2 up - On board D1195 Sueños & D1150 Bare Necessities - Leg 1

Dazcat 1150 Bare Necessities and 1195 Sueños take us with them on their epic race from Falmouth UK to Ponte Delgado, Azores. It's the 2023 AZAB and initially five multihulls had been due to race, but in the end only the two Dazcats crossed the start line. Both Dazcats are racing 2-up.

Bruce and Alison on board Bare Necessities and Rupert and Alan on Sueños are informative, funny, and at times heart wrenchingly honest as they grapple with the unforgiving elements, then sharing their delight at the beautiful scenery and wildlife...Life as it is on a Dazcat, right out there in the deep blue openness...

Sueños is racing with their washing machine installed, while Bare Necessities is, well, bare. Somewhat unbelievably after all that distance and routing decisions (quite apart from the preceding 1200 miles, BN rounded the island to the finish to the south while Sueños went west), Sueños finished just about 5 hours behind Bare Necessities on elapsed time and an astounding 7 minutes only on corrected! Well, that was leg 1. Leg 2 coming up soon....

With very many thanks to both boats and their teams for taking the time to film and share this epic sail.

Thanks also The Royal Cornwall Yacht Club who organised the race, and for re-admitting multihulls.

Music with thanks to @Musicforsport, a local Cornish business.

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