Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 5 on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. Annemieke Bes with her prescription goggles. A must have down here. 22 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Sailing through the furious fifties Frederico de Melo deploying the scientific drifter. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 05 on board Vestas 11th Hour. 21 March, 2018. Phil Harmer in 5mm gloves to support 4 hours of watch outside in less than 10 degrees temperature.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Brunel. Kyle Langford looking at the nav station while Thomas Rouxel is eating his diner. Look at the condensation on the ceiling. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Sailing through the furious fifties and deploying the scientific drifter. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Brunel. Peter Burling doing something, but I don't know what, as I obviously was on the other side of the water curtain. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Brunel. This is not a hatch picture I actually get wet to take it!. Thomas Rouxel on the helm and Carlo Huisman on the grind. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board MAPFRE, Guillermo Altadill giving instructions to people with the ropes during a pilling, Antonio Cuervas-Mons setting up the new sail. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 04 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Sailing through the furious fifties Liz Wardley tries to fix load cells. 21 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 03 on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Bleddyn Mon climbs to the highside. The fleet sails south through the roaring forties. 20 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 3 on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. Locked and loaded. Wearing helmets is a must for protecting your eyes as much as your head. 20 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 03 on board AkzoNobel. 20 March, 2018. Nicolai Sehested changing the filters on the newly fitted Oceanpak that will be measuring plastic particles amoung other things for the rest of the race.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 03 on board MAPFRE, Sophie Ciszek, Antonio Cuervas-Mons, Guillermo Altadill & Tamara Echegoyen paking a sail in an old school way inside the boat after a problem with the furling line. At that moment the wind speed was 25 kts, so they were tricky conditions to work inside. 19 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 03 on board Vestas 11th Hour. 19 March, 2018. Charlie Enright, skipper of the boat, protecting himself from the heavy sprays.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 3 on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. It just keeps coming. Great conditions, the water temprature is still warm and the sun is shining. 19 March, 2018.
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