Photo Credit: Maud Helfgott / polaRYSE / 11th Hour RacingViolent. That’s the best adjective to describe the last three days. Reaching with the hound gennaker up, in 25-30 knots of wind. In other words, it means that you’re sailing
[Source: www.volvooceanrace.com ] It’s not just the sailors who are feeling the effects of this three week marathon down to Cape Town. The boats have hurtled across over 5,000 miles,
It’s a quarter to eight, somewhere in the Southern Ocean. A little over a 1,000 miles from Cape Town. In about 15 minutes Gerd-Jan “Johnny” Poortman starts his watch on
BREAKING NEWS: Significant damage onboard Dongfeng [Source: Team Dongfeng Facebook Page] Onboard Dongfeng just after 1800 UTC, part of the sheeting system (control lines) for the masthead gennaker (big sail
On deck, the guys have been facing white-walled waves that crash over the cockpit as they surf down ocean swells four meters high. As the ride down one wave ends,
Like flipping a light switch. Off to on in so much as an instant, the anticipated westerlies of the South Atlantic have finally arrived—28 knots now—and it never ceases to
VOR Boat Blogs – 28th October: A world of digital age, everything is on Google, every answer a keystroke away. There is little left in our world now original. The
NO POINT PRETENDING Dongfeng crosses the Equator at 0845 UTC Days at sea: 13 Boat speed: 19 knots Position in fleet: 4th Distance to leader (Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing): 128
The best of the OBR’s blogs OCTOBER 24, 2014 King Neptune has a new “Shellback” in his Kingdom. I know it’s hard to believe, but somehow I made the cut.
You know when you try to stick two positive magnets together and regardless as to how close you get them they never touch? Well, the ITCZ is a bit like
It’s the place where the northern and southern winds meet, where a sailing race can be won or lost in an instant. And with its complex and confusing conditions, lack
Boat Blogs for October 19th. Drama all round in the last 24 hours! One broken rudder, VO65 caught in a fishing net and other various obstacles being dogged by the
Dongfeng put in a fantastic effort to not only replace their port rudder after hitting an unidentified submerged object (USO) in the middle of the night but to also get
GIVING 100 PER CENT, 100 PER CENT OF THE TIME Leg 1: Alicante (Spain) to Cape Town (South Africa), 6,487 nautical miles 09:40 UTC, 16.10.14 Distance to Finish: 5507.6nm Distance
Keep up with all the latest news, videos, social feeds and more on LSD’s own Volvo Ocean Race dashboard! Click here for more… [divider style=”single” border=”small”] 15 OCTOBER 2014 Constant
The best of the Onboard Reporters’ blogs – in one story OCTOBER 14, 2014 It’s like World War 1 here, we are the front line troops, we have planes in
The best of the Onboard Reporters’ blogs – in one story! OCTOBER 13, 2014 The clock struck 01:15amUTC and Libby downloaded the “scheds” (the schedule, with all of the boat’s
October 13, 2014 – Team Alvimedica has sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar in third place out of the seven-boat fleet. The passage from Alicante through the Mediterranean has been slow
“It’s day two, and we’re not even out of the Mediterranean Sea yet, we haven’t even really started. Wow, it’s a long way around,” Sophie said. On day two of
Weather: Partly cloudy and warm-ish Position: 4th—neck and neck with Alvimedica No breakages No injuries MANY MANY MANEUVERS!!!! A story of 66 sailors racing around the world in one of
DOCKSIDE EMOTION TURNS IN TO ONBOARD ACTION AND FOCUS LATEST from the team at 1830 CET: Dongfeng in to 2nd place as they follow Mapfre with a tack south away
October 12, 2014 Weather: Perfectly pleasant 12 knots of wind, clear skies, and bright moon. Position: 150 ENE of Gibraltar [hdwplayer id=4] There seems to be a great variety of
It has begun – the Volvo OCEAN RACE is underway. Finally! And whoops… Team Vestas, Chris – not the start you want! Vestas were pinged for being over the line
It’s almost time! Check out the crew lists for each boat of the Volvo Ocean Race. Dongfeng Race Team Charles Caudrelier, Pascal Bidégorry, Martin Strömberg, Eric Peron, Thomas Rouxel, Kevin
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