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Photo: Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Brian Carlin / Team Vestas Wind / Volvo Ocean Race |
“The reality is, though, that we are going to have some challenging days in front of us to hold this all together as required. But we have a pretty determined group.”
The immediate target is have the boat ready to be loaded on to a truck from the shed at Persico for the long journey to Lisbon in six weeks.
Cox listed the progress so far.
“The deck is on, the boat is out of the mould. All the primary structure is in the boat and a large percentage of the internal secondary structure and detailing is underway,” he said.
“The hull surface has come out of the mould nicely and we have the paint team starting on all the surface prep work here, filling in any pin holes before the application of primer/undercoat.
“With this done, we want to offer the teams from Diverse, Navtec, Livewire, Cariboni (working on internal components such as the electronics and hydraulics) as much uninterrupted runway through the boat as possible.
“We are still receiving required equipment daily by the pallet load and have had the support of both Green Marine and Volvo Ocean Race shared services helping with the transfer of both information and parts.”
Meanwhile, work on the racing boats that contested the treacherous Leg 5, has progressed without major issue.
That includes Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA). The boat’s mast, which was fractured during the stage and forced their retirement, is being replaced. Caudrelier and his crew expect to return their boat to the Itajaí waters on Thursday, ahead of Saturday’s Team Vestas Wind Itajaí In-Port Race.
The other teams – Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR), MAPFRE (Iker Martínez/ESP), Team Alvimedica (Charlie Enright/USA), Team Brunel (Bouwe Bekking/NED) and Team SCA (Sam Davies/GBR) – had much smaller repair lists and are all back in perfect shape for race weekend (April 18-19).
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