The excitement was building before the yachts set off for four weeks' hard sailing to Vietnam
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 - Yeah, today is departure day.
00:04 We're leaving Airlie Beach.
00:05 After a fantastic stopover, it's time to head to Vietnam.
00:08 We first head to Macay for immigration clearance,
00:11 and then we head out of the reef
00:12 and do a start there in the Mons start.
00:15 - We've just had the cyclone.
00:16 Luckily it didn't hit us directly,
00:19 but we took the right precautions
00:20 and the boat's all in reasonable order.
00:23 It's been a hectic start,
00:24 getting everything on all of a sudden.
00:26 (dramatic music)
00:29 - I feel excited, but a bit nervous of the unknown,
00:33 but I feel excited because I believe I have a great team
00:37 and we'll be there for each other.
00:39 And yeah, I'm looking forward to it.
00:41 (dramatic music)
00:43 - So we're about to get ready for our first Le Mans start
00:50 of this round the world race.
00:52 A Le Mans start we use
00:53 when we're getting started further offshore,
00:55 when there's no actual start line or race committee.
00:58 At the four minutes,
01:00 everyone must be behind the forward pedestal.
01:03 And then at the one minute, engines off,
01:05 and then you sail on the main sails and then on zero.
01:09 It's a mad scramble to who can get their sails up
01:11 the quickest and who can get to Halong Bay the quickest.
01:15 - Just here in the Le Mans start, starting our countdown,
01:18 but we're all very excited
01:19 'cause this is a very important race for us
01:21 'cause we're going back to Halong Bay.
01:22 - Five, four.
01:24 - Three, two, one, go.
01:28 (dramatic music)
01:29 - Start sailing, Jade, start sailing.
01:31 (dramatic music)
01:34 (cheering)
01:36 (dramatic music)
01:39 - That went pretty well.
01:42 It looked really slick.
01:43 Everybody was lined up really well.
01:45 (dramatic music)
01:48 - The race start was incredible.
01:51 I think we're all very nervous slash excited,
01:55 but yeah, it went really, really well.
01:56 (dramatic music)
01:59 (dramatic music)
02:02 (dramatic music)
02:05 (gentle music)
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