June 18,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. Traffic in the English channell! Team brunel choose to \"follow\" their biggest competitors MAPFRE and Dongfeng near the english coast. The rest of the fleet choose the lighter but shorter route passing the French border. Sailing close to Dover with its typical coastline
June 18,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. Traffic in the English channell! Team brunel choose to \"follow\" their biggest competitors MAPFRE and Dongfeng near the english coast. The rest of the fleet choose the lighter but shorter route passing the French border.
June 18,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. After a backdown near the coast of Bretagne a big piece of weed came off the keel. After team Brunel dropped from 1st to 7th within one hour. Man down... Andrew Cape falls asleep after 37 hour sailing.
June 17,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 1. After a backdown near the coast of Bretagne a big piece of weed came off the keel. After team Brunel dropped from 1st to 7th within one hour. Jens Dolmer and Louis Balcaen
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Lorient onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack. Rokas Milevicius and Gerd-Jan Poortman clear the A3 with sunset
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline; Adam Minoprio
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Skipper Bouwe Bekking leading the fleet
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline.
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline.
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Bouwe Bekking sunset sailing near the french coast
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Lighthouses on the French coast
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack; Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack. Busy navigation time for Andrew Cape who hasn't slept the first 21 hours of this leg.
May 26,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 09. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon..While skipper Bouwe Bekking gets soaked on the helm,Rokas Milevicius enjoys his warm meal below deck.
May 26,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 09. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon..Louis Balcaen and Timo Hagoort simultaneously prepare for their watch
May 26,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 09. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon. Jens Dolmer,placed in the cockpit guarantees you'll get soaked.
May 25,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 08. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon. Louis Balcaen and Jens Dolmer looking forward to a beer after ten days of grinding
May 20,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Rokas Milevicius and Jens Dolmer stacking under the sunset. Lack of breeze for Team Brunel brought the fleet back together. Rokas Milevicius grips the daggerboard with his hands because the stack is so heavy.
May 18,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Team Brunel get off to a weak start; a wrong sail change and a bad tack puts them aft in the fleet.
May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Hectic starts in Newport; thousands of spectator boats join the fleet on the water for support and farewells.
May 1,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 12. Rokas Milevicius tries to get weed from the keel with a sail batten,the sargasso weed is still playing a big roll in the drag race.
April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Team Brunel did well last night despite three backdowns. Weed on the raiders were the reason for that. The Sargasso weed is everywhere on the boat! Waves bring the weed on deck
April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Point of view of Skipper Bouwe Bekking during a sail peel. Rokas Milevicius getting soaked at the bow.
April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Bouwe Bekking And Rokas Milevicius celebrate Kingsday in Holland. Though the result so far is good not as much party on board as probably in holland \"We can drink some water with isostar and eat noodles to celebrate\" laughs Pablo Arrarte.
April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Happy crew during sunset. Team Brunel did well last night and is leading the fleet. Despite three backdowns! reason for that was the sargasso weed on the rudders.
April 25,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 6. Rokas Milevicius and Javier de la Plaza spend their off-watch resting in the bunks the best they can in the heat of the Tropics.
April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. Rokas and Capey enjoy the sunset together.
April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. Counting up? Or counting Down?
April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a shitty start in Itajai. Silhouettes under a hard tropical sun.
April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. \"Volvo stacking race\",says Louis Balcaen every day 25 times.
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