In less than ideal conditions, Mar Mostro’s MCM Amory Ross pulled together a quick and dirty cut of this-is-mother-fucking-sailboat-racing featuring the start and first beat of yesterday’s (today’s?) sprint to Abu Dhabi. 

So we’re off to Abu Dhabi, again. Only this time we may actually get there!

The local Shamal—a strong desert wind—is kicking up a good short chop that’s making life difficult. It’s been a little while since we’ve been out here and conditions are by no means ideal for getting our sea legs back. Shortly after the start I had to go below to edit and I’m not feeling well  at all. The boat’s lurching, slamming, and bouncing around like a toy in a bathtub as we bash upwind and out into the deeper water.

In an update two hours later he continued:

Life is still uncomfortable as anything out here. We’re in offshore sailing mode, but everyone’s hiking and we are completely stacked. Everything. The head is empty, the galley is empty, gear we aren’t wearing is bagged and buried somewhere.

Oh, the glamorous life of sailboat racing. 

(Source: youtube.com)