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Photo: Yann Roui/Groupama Sailing Team/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Yann Roui/Groupama Sailing Team/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Rac |
“Not bad for close reaching in 20 knots of breeze and an awful sea state,” reported media crewmember (MCM) Amory Ross. “It feels good to be going fast - psychologically at least. Sailing this way is fun and it’s what everyone thinks about when they sign up to sail around the world.”
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Photo: Hamish Hooper/Camper ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race |
“The rope that holds the jib down at the front end snapped, the jib skied up, the angle gets worse for it, got too tight and it just tore itself in half,” explained skipper Chris Nicholson.
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Photo: Hamish Hooper/Camper ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race |
“On the last three skeds, we have probably dropped six miles on average on each one, we just can’t afford to have many more of them,” Nicholson said.
Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) has now risen to third position, leading CAMPER by 13 nm, while the crew are racing to repair the damaged J2 and have hoisted a smaller headsail temporarily.
Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing put up a fine performance last night, achieving a 24-hour run of 506.77 nm, although it so far has not been enough to mount an effective challenge for a podium position and they remain in fifth place, 123.8 nm off the lead.
Finally, at 1000 UTC today, Team Sanya trailed the lead by 153.70 nm, although the crew are upbeat and enjoying the sleigh ride south.
“Helmets and safety harnesses are worn and the boat is fully stacked aft,” said MCM Andrés Soriano. “From the hatch, the helmsman is the only one immediately visible as the other three seek shelter behind him from the stack of sails. It’s a sleigh ride all right, it’s wet and bumpy and always on the edge.”
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