Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, day 08, sleeping during the day is hard enough with near 40-degree temperatures but it must also be done in the bow, surrounded by bags and boxes, on board Vestas 11th Hour. Photo by Amory Ross/Volvo Ocean Race. 10 January, 2018.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, day 09 AkzoNobel going nowhere fast in the doldrums as the entire fleet condenses. Race reset. Photo by Sam Greenfield/Volvo Ocean Race. 10 January, 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.
Turn the Tide on Plastic. Liz Wardley
Wardley made her name in the Hobie Cat 16 class, where she won numerous titles, and went on to became a skipper in the Sydney to Hobart Race at the age of just 19 years. Now, she is the acknowledged expert on the Volvo Ocean 65, having spent thousands of hours racing the boat and working on the fleet’s subsequent refit at the Boatyard. With two Volvo Ocean Races under her belt, having sailed onboard Amer Sports Too in 2001-02 and Team SCA in 2014-15, she joins Turn the Tide on Plastic looking to make a bigger splash than ever.
Previous Volvo Ocean Race:
2014-15 Team SCA
2001-02 Amer Sports Too
Leg 3, Cape Town to Melbourne, day 09, on board Brunel, Peter Burling steering, Water on deck Mode: ON (24/7). Photo by Ugo Fonolla/Volvo Ocean Race. 18 December, 2017.
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, day 13. AzkoNobel jumps back to first place as the fleet traverses the Federated States of Micronesia. Photo by Sam Greenfield/Volvo Ocean Race. 14 January, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 12. on board Brunel. Brunel first at Cape Horn. Bouwe Bekking, Peter Burling, Andrew Cape, Carlo Huisman, Yann Riou, Alberto Bolzan, Thomas Rouxel. 29 March, 2018.29 March, 2018.
Leg 7 from Auckland to Itajai, day 12 on board MAPFRE, The boat next to the ketch ''Kat'' in a little bay close to Cape Horn to repair the main sail and the mast track, 30 March, 2018.
Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Mark O'Brien famous Monsta cartoons of the official teams on the race: Dongfeng Race Team..O'Brien sailing cartoons started on the Whitbread round the World race Auckland Stopover in 1989-90.
Sun Hung Kay Scallywag. David Witt.
‘Witty’ is known as a straight shooter on and off the water. The Australian honed his skills in some of the roughest waters in the world, with over 20 appearances to his name in the Sydney to Hobart Race. His first Volvo Ocean Race experience came in 1997-98 with Knut Frostad and after a long gap he can’t wait to get back into the Southern Ocean and test himself once again in the most remote and extreme regions on the planet. He brings with him a ready-made, solid and experienced Scallywag crew from the 100ft Super Maxi campaign.
Previous Volvo Ocean Race:
1997-98 Innovation Kvaerner
Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Turn the Tide on Plastic. Francesca Clapcich
Francesca has competed at two Olympic Games – London 2012 and Rio 2016 – in the Laser Radial and 49er FX classes, becoming World Champion in the latter in 2015. She is new to offshore sailing but is delighted to step up to the Volvo Ocean Race as part of a campaign skippered by her hero, Dee Caffari
Prologue start. Drone shots a couple of hours after the Start on-board Dongfeng. Dongfeng had a bad start and sails in the back of the fleet. Photo by Jeremie Lecaudey. 08 October, 2017
Leg 02, Lisbon to Cape Town, day 01, start on board Vestas 11th Hour. wet and windy start. Photo by Martin Keruzore/Volvo Ocean Race. 05 November, 2017.
Leg 3, Cape Town to Melbourne, day 04, afternoon on board Turn the Tide on Plastic. Beginning of the low pressure starts to take place, the wind picks up. Drone shots. Photo by Jeremie Lecaudey/Volvo Ocean Race. 13 December, 2017.
Leg 3, Cape Town to Melbourne, day 14, Christmas Eve with Waves are constantly over the deck. John Fisher on the wheel on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. Photo by Konrad Frost/Volvo Ocean Race. 24 December, 2017
Leg 4, Melbourne to Hong Kong, day 08 on board AkzoNobel going nowhere fast in the doldrums at the front of the pack. Photo by Sam Greenfield/Volvo Ocean Race. 09 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 6 to Auckland, day 07 on board Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag. 15 knots sunrise - drone shots. Dehaze effect on this drone shot, Trystan Seal and Bessie stackiing the front sails. 12 February, 2018.
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