Cape Town Stopover. Boatyard working hard to get the boats ready for Leg 3 from Cape Town to Melbourne. Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 27 November, 2017
Cape Town Stopover. Boatyard working hard to get the boats ready for Leg 3 from Cape Town to Melbourne. Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 27 November, 2017
June 8,2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 1. A group of Portuguese dolphin blow off some early morning energy in the water between Alvimedica and MAPFRE. A tricky night of choices,most notably whether to sail north inshore along the coast or further offshore to the west,was made tougher by persistently light conditions and clouds.
April 30,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 11. Dodging Sargasso Weed became a full time job and islands like this will wreak havoc with the rudders,keel,and propeller appendages. Alberto Bolzan and Dave Swete look down in amazement. The trade wind sailing continues,as does the occupation of the leaderboard's bottom--an unpleasant place to be even with the perfect conditions.
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