MOD70 European Tour Leg1 has started.

The MOD70 European Tour has started in Kiel to sail to the Finish in Dublin. 

Line up for the Start 

Foncia, made already good impressions in the Kiel harbour races and on top of that Won the Starters parcours before leaving the Kiel fjord for the open waters of the Baltic. This gained them some 3 additional points for the overall score. 

This morning all Boats have sailed the Northern tip of Denmark and now heading into the North Sea. Winds in the moment are strong 24 kts and westerly. 

The boats have a little spread with Foncia, Spindrift Racing and Edmond the Rothschild about 5 Nm apart with Boats speeds around 15 kts, while Musandam Oman Sail follows at 15 Nm and Race for Water at 23 Nm.

The virtual Boats in LiveSkipper sailing a little ahead, because the real Boats started 20 min late compared to the original time, that was maintained by LiveSkipper. There are some 1370 virtual boats sailing alongside the MOD70 Trimarans and each of those skipper is challenging the 5 captains for the win. 
You can still register at Liveskipper and join to Leg1 and have the excitement of sailing against your favorite skipper. 
You may also use the link on the MOD70 European Tour website  for the virtual race.