March 24,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 6. A late night gybe set off a wild day of true Southern Ocean sailing as the temps dropped and the wind and waves built with an approaching low pressure system and accompanying cold front. Ryan Houston driving in strong winds and Southern Ocean waves,while Charlie Enright (L) and Dave Swete (R) shake a reef on the mainsail.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 20. A re-stack of the sails in a building breeze off New Zealand during the final day of racing. The fleet converges on Auckland during the beginning of a beautiful summer day off New Zealand's northeastern shores.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 20. The Bay of Islands during the final day of racing. The fleet converges on Auckland during the beginning of a beautiful summer day off New Zealand's northeastern shores.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 20. Sunrise onboard Alvimedica on the final day of racing. The fleet converges on Auckland during the beginning of a beautiful summer day off New Zealand's northeastern shores.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 20. Charlie Enright looks south towards the Bay of Islands sunrise at the final day's first light. The fleet converges on Auckland during the beginning of a beautiful summer day off New Zealand's northeastern shores.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard MAPFRE. Day 20. MAPFRE sailing towards the finish line during Leg 4,Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and Dongfeng Race Team close behind.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team SCA. Day 19. Dee Caffari and Sam Davies stacking the weight from one side of the boat to the other after a tack.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 19. Clouds rule the day as sail change after sail change is necessary to keep shaving off the remaining 400 miles to New Zealand. Charlie Enright (L) reads the 7PM sked aloud to the on-deck watch of Nick Dana (R),Ryan Houston (middle right),and Mark Towill (middle left),posting good gains on the entire fleet.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 19. Clouds rule the day as sail change after sail change is necessary to keep shaving off the remaining 400 miles to New Zealand. A typical watch arrangement for partners Ryan Houston (R),Seb Marsset (L),and Dave Swete on the wheel. One drives,one trims,and one grinds,with a rotation somewhere in the middle of their four hours together.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 19. Clouds rule the day as sail change after sail change is necessary to keep shaving off the remaining 400 miles to New Zealand. Nick Dana returns from the bow after a sail change to accommodate quickly building winds under a line of clouds.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 19. Clouds rule the day as sail change after sail change is necessary to keep shaving off the remaining 400 miles to New Zealand. OBR Amory Ross.
February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 19. Clouds rule the day as sail change after sail change is necessary to keep shaving off the remaining 400 miles to New Zealand. Ryan Houston and Seb Marsset wrestle the J1 to the deck and in the beg during a windy and wet sail change on the bow.
February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard MAPFRE. Day 20. Navigator Jean Luc Nelias getting ready for a very strategical day after 20 days of offshore sailing
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 18. More of the same onboard Alvimedica as the southerly straight-line progress continues,but the temperature starts to drop as does the distance to the leading trio of Mapfre,Abu Dhabi,and Dongfeng. A squall hits with the last bit of glow from a setting sun on the sails.
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 18. More of the same onboard Alvimedica as the southerly straight-line progress continues,but the temperature starts to drop as does the distance to the leading trio of Mapfre,Abu Dhabi,and Dongfeng. Storm clouds approach from the east for the on watch Kiwis Dave Swete (L) and Ryan Houston (R).
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 18. More of the same onboard Alvimedica as the southerly straight-line progress continues,but the temperature starts to drop as does the distance to the leading trio of Mapfre,Abu Dhabi,and Dongfeng. A dark and cloudy sky looms to the south as Alvimedica approaches another period of quickly changing weather.
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 18. When the rain squall passed,Charles Caudrelier finally saw how much ground Azzam had taken,and it wasn't as pretty as this sunset.
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 18. More of the same onboard Alvimedica as the southerly straight-line progress continues,but the temperature starts to drop as does the distance to the leading trio of Mapfre,Abu Dhabi,and Dongfeng. Fast upwind sailing towards Auckland.
February 26,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Dongfeng Race Team. Day 18. We thought we had a chance but then this majestic cloud pushed them along and stopped us dead.
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