May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 00. Alberto Bolzan driving at sunset during the first night back on the Atlantic Ocean. The first day of Leg 7 across the Atlantic Ocean to Lisbon sees the fleet out of Newport with a massive American sendoff,through the Cape and Islands and around various separation and exclusion zones.
May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 00. Alberto Bolzan and Dave Swete focus on staying fast while sailing to leeward of Abu Dhabi--a difficult place to live if slower than the competition. The first day of Leg 7 across the Atlantic Ocean to Lisbon sees the fleet out of Newport with a massive American sendoff,through the Cape and Islands and around various separation and exclusion zones.
Image taken during the departure of the sailing fleet from Cape Town. This is the start of leg 2 of the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race. Image by Greg Beadle
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