June 20,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 4. The sailors are worn out,tired of binge-grinding and other kind of excesses. Thomas Rouxel
June 20,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 4. \\"No more hipster onboard Dongfeng. Hairs are too short,just as the legs.\\" - Kevin Escoffier
June 17,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 1. TSS exclusion zone is the key to the leg. Charles Caudrelier and Kevin Escoffier talk tactics.
June 10,2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 03. Martin Stršmberg prepares the manual watermaker as our automatic watermaker has stopped working again.
June 09,2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 02. We wish Lorient was further away to give us more time and opportunities to catch the other boats. Kevin Escoffier
June 9,2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 2. Just passed Cape Finisterre,33 knts of wind and gusty. Eric Peron,Thomas Rouxel and Charles Caudrelier on watch.
May 25,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 08. Jin Hao Chen 'Horace' on the bow. \\"The manoeuvre to the J1 is not what you want to do in the middle of the night.\\" - Martin Stromberg
May 24,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 07. \\"Until just after the jibe yesterday,everything went exactly by the book\\" - Kevin Escoffier
May 23,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 06. Dongfeng in the high pressure,just after the jibe. \\"We were looking good after the jibe yesterday.\\" Kevin Escoffier
May 23,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 06. We are going to have 36 difficult hours with very light wind. I would be surprised if it goes as well as on the routing.
May 23,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 06. \\"As soon as you are entering in the high pressure,you see the other boats coming back at you,and there is nothing you can do about it. It is not always easy to accept it.\\" - Pascal Bidegorry
May 22,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 05. Crossing of the high pressure in front of us might be the key to winning the leg. Charles Cauderlier sits at the navigation desk keeping an eye on the other boats in AIS range.
May 5,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 16. \\"This crew is just as what I expected. They really know what they are doing,but they don't always take themsevles too seriously.\\" - Sidney Gavignet
May 21,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 04. We are settled down in a routine of trimming and sail changes; Kevin Escoffier on the bow.
May 19,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 02. \\"You can see that the guys are used to sailing close to the other boats. Each sailor does his job with no particular stress\\" - Sidney Gavignet
May 19,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 02. ÒWater at 24 degrees,two knots of current,wind shifting all the timeÉ All the boats within a few boat lengths. Both enjoyable and stressful.Ó - Thomas Rouxel
May 19,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 02. \\"You can see that the guys are used to sailing close to the other boats. Each sailor does his job with no particular stress\\" - Sidney Gavignet
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