Jester Challenge 2024. Part 1, from the start in Plymouth to off the north west coast of Spain

Sailing a 1970 Contessa 26 in the 2024 Jester Challenge from Plymouth to Terceira in the Azores, a trip of some 1200 nautical miles as the crow flies. Needless to say, the actual route travelled is far longer than that! The Jester challenge is a single handed sailing adventure for small boats under 30 ft long. Once described as :‘a modern experiment in old-fashioned self-reliance, self-sufficiency and personal responsibility’. This trip took 14 days of non stop sailing, no motors allowed, and all sorts of conditions were encountered on the way, from calms to 35 knot near gales. Here is part 1, uploaded from Terceira in the Azores just before beginning the return journey. I hope you enjoy it, do subscribe and like to get alerts about the rest of the trip! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClCzx7NtTAcr9s2C3CJiv7w/join