Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 15 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 15 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 15 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 15 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 15 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. High speed drone action for the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 16 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Morning Light on the last stretch into Hong Kong. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Annalise Murphy grinding through the morning watch at sunrise. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Elodie Mettraux driving on the sunrise watch. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Elodie Mettraux driving on the sunrise watch. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Sunrise watch keeping the boat up to speed. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Sunrise watch keeping the boat up to speed. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. General Boat Captain Genius saving the day by firstly finding the problem to the water maker pump and then fixing it - all back and running - Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. General Boat Captain Genius saving the day by firstly finding the problem to the water maker pump and then fixing it - all back and running - Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Skipper Dee Caffari putting on some sun cream before going on deck. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bleddyn Mon sweating below decks while eating some lunch. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Crew getting washed with salt water in the surfing conditions. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo keeping an eye on mainsail trim. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 14 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Liz Wardley driving the Volvo Ocean 65 as fast as she can to Hong Kong. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 15 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Walls of water hit the deck as we storm west making progress to Hong Kong. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo Freitas loving the conditions. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Liz Wardley loving her job. It doesn't get better than this. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. OBR Brian Carlin taking a selfie with Barney! Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Harken winches trimming the backstay tension, keeping the rig de-powered in this 30 knots wind. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Annalise Murphy forgot her water bottle. Opps... Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 13 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Walls of water hit the deck as we storm west making progress to Hong Kong. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. The crew celebrate the end of the doldrums. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. The breeze is on as we surf towards Hong Kong. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bleddyn Mon gets a weekend shower. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. When you wake up from watch and realise you've to work the weekend... Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Frederico de Melo gets his game face on. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Musto foot wear keepig grip with the reality of sailing offshore. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Musto HPX keeping the crew dry. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Annalise Murphy all covered up as the wind increases. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Cobham and Inmarsat Technology merged onto the communications tower on the back of the Volvo Ocean 65. All communication, videos, emails, blogs, photos etc. are powered by this part of the boat. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Dee Caffari studies the routing for the second half of this leg. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Brunel, the yellow boat match races beside us coming into sunset on day 12. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. The nail varnish is finally chipping off as this leg starts to take effect on the crew. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Freddy focuses on sail trim. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. A candid moment where I caught Dee Caffari staring out the hatch. What is she thinking? Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Elodie laughs off the stress of the day with fellow crew member Bernardo. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 12 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo, always poses for a smile with the camera is out. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 11 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Its a battle of the clouds! Which are good ones and which are bad ones! Will we ever escape this area of the world. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 12 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 11 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bleddyn Mon reveals the true nature of what we are all thinking! Will this even end! We continue to wait for the wind. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 12 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 11 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. More drama unfolding as we try and push northwards in the super light wind and Brunel appeared on our stern through the storm clouds they came sailing out... Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 12 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 11 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. More drama unfolding as we try and push northwards in the super light wind and Brunel appeared on our stern through the storm clouds they came sailing out... Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 12 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 11 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. More drama unfolding as we try and push northwards in the super light wind and Brunel appeared on our stern through the storm clouds they came sailing out... Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 12 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo and Bleddyn get a visit from King Neptune. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo and Bleddyn get a visit from King Neptune. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo and Bleddyn get a visit from King Neptune. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Skipper Dee Caffari enjoying this mornings rain squall. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Elodie Mettraux says MAPFRE are still in sight. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Frederico Melo setting his eyes on the prize of beating MAPFRE. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bernardo Freitas a first time equator crossing sailor onboard surveys the morning horizon for signs of Neptune. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. Dee Caffari leaning a hand during a peel in a morning squall. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. All hands on deck at the squall line comes in closer. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.2
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, Day 10 onboard Turn the Tide on Plastic. The equator crossing was greeted by a morning squall line. Photo by Brian Carlin/Volvo Ocean Race. 11 January, 2018.
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