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Credit:	Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Edition:	2014-2015
Caption:	December 31,2014. The fleet at the start of the Practice Race in Abu Dhabi.
Keywords:	Fleet Stopover Race Village Brunel Abu Dhabi UAE 2014-15 Racevillage Village port host city Unated Arab Emirates Practice
Original Filename:	VOR_141231_asanchez_8997-Edit.jpg
Date Created:	Wed Dec 31 11:11:00 GMT 2014
Size:	7.66 MB; 4783 x 2889 pixels; 405 x 245 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation:	Landscape
Notes:	For EDITORIAL USE only. Please credit correctly. For commercial enquiries please email images@volvooceanrace.com
Categories:	2017-18 (Current Edition)/ Teams/ Fleet, 2014-15 (Last Edition)/ Teams/ Team Brunel/ Practice, 2017-18 (Current Edition)/ Teams/ Team Brunel/ Start

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- February 8,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The team gybe at the mark by the Guan Yin Buddha
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- February 8,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. Jens Dolmer
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- February 8,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. 30 degrees and wet.
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- February 14,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 6.
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- February 14,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 6.
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- February 15,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 7. Rokas Milevicius shows the Lithuanian Flag. Tomorrow it's National Fest day in his country.
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- February 17,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 9. Ocean spray covers the bow while a glimpse of rainbow forms in the distance.
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- February 17,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 9. Rokas Milevicius trims the sail while the team sail through a heavy rain cloud.
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- February,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 11. Louis Balcaen.
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- February 20,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. DAY 12. Laurent Pages.
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- February 21,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 13.
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- February 21,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. A wave pours over the deck.
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- February 21,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. Gerd-Jan Poortman.
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- February 21,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. Fast and wet sailing on the way New Zealand.
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- February 27,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 19.
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- February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 20. Andrew Cape shaves to make himself presentable for his arrival in Auckland.
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- February 28,2015. Leg 4 to Auckland onboard Team Brunel. Day 20.
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- March 12,2015. VIP Guests onboard Team Brunel during ProAm 1 in Auckland.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 Start onboard Team Brunel.
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- March 17,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 0.
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- Credit: Robert-Jan Metselaar / Team Brun
- April 18,2015. Team Brunel,winners of the Team Vestas Wind InPort Race in Itaja’.
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- March 19,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 1. Rokas Milevicius' life vest explodes because of the amount of water pouring over the deck.
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- March 21,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Some stress at the bow of Team Brunel approaching Southern Ocean conditions.
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- March 21,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Some stress at the bow of Team Brunel approaching Southern Ocean conditions.
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- March 21,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. A bit wet for Jens Dolmer during his watch.
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- March 22,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 5. Grinding in the Southern Ocean.
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- March 23,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 5.
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- March 23,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 5.
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- March 25,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 7.
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- March 26,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 8. Crossing bows with MAPFRE after 8 days in the Southern Ocean.
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- March 29,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 11. Water on deck all the time.
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- March 30,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 12. Andrew Cape plans the navigational route round Cape Horn.
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- March 29,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 11. Full weather gear on,trying to keep dry.
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- Credit: Team Brunel/Volvo Ocean Race
- March 31,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. OBR Stefan Coppers in a brave moment following the traditions and welcoming the Horn naked on deck.
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- March 31,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. Skipper Bouwe Bekking during the Cape Horn rounding,MAPFRE close behind.
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- Credit: Stefan Coppers/Team Brunel/Volvo
- March 31,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. Sail change at the bow on tough conditions entering the Atlantic Ocean.
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- March 31,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 13. Night watch for Gerd-Jan Poortman.
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- April 1,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 14.
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- April 1,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 14.
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- April 04,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 17. Rokas Milevicius at the bow.
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- April 4,2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team Brunel. Day 17.
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- April 16,2015. Brazilian sailor Carola Copello discovered the Volvo Ocean Race Academy in 2011-12 and played a key role in it this time around. Today she got a spot onboard Team Brunel for the Pro-Am race
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- Credit: Stefan Coppers / Team Brunel / V
- April 16,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm1 in Itajai.
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- April 16,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm1 in Itajai.
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- Credit: Stefan Coppers / Team Brunel / V
- April 17,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm3 race in Itajai.
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- April 17,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm2 race in Itajai.
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- April 17,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm2 race in Itajai.
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- April 17,2015. Onboard Team Brunel during the ProAm2 race in Itajai.
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- Credit: Stefan Coppers/Team Brunel/Volvo
- May 18,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 01. Sunset racing! Going upwind Team Brunel take off and lead the fleet. In the background is Team Alvimedica.
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- April 20,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 01. Heading east; A lack of upwind boat speed forces a lot of sail changes. Gerd-Jan 'Johhny' Poortman on the bow,again.
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- April 21,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. Andrew \"Capey\" Cape is just a second too late with his capuchon.
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- April 22,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Gerd-Jan Poortman.
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- April 22,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Jens Dolmer at the helm.
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- April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. Rokas and Capey enjoy the sunset together.
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- April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. \"Volvo stacking race\",says Louis Balcaen every day 25 times.
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- April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a shitty start in Itajai. Silhouettes under a hard tropical sun.
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- April 23,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4. Team Brunel still fighting to get back in the fleet after a messy start in Itajai. Counting up? Or counting Down?
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- April 24,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 5.
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- April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Rokas Milevicius spying on MAPFRE.
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- April 26,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 7. Javier de la Plaza caught by surprise while on watch.
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- April,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 4.Happy crew during sunset. Team Brunel did well last night and is leading the fleet. Despite three backdowns! reason for that was the sargasso weed on the rudders.
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- April 29,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 10. Rokas Milevicius,Louis Balcaen and Gerd-Jan 'Johnny' Poortman struggle to set up the outrigger,the Atlantic is proving to be tough.
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- April 29,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 10. Pablo Arrarte checks the setup of the mainsail... luckily for us he gets flushed.
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- April 30,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 12. The boat heels over and water crashes over the side.
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- April 30,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 11. Pablo Arrarte points at a big piece of sargasso weed which has terrorised the teams the last few days
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- May 3,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 14.
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- May 4,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 15. Sail change: the two bowmen Rokas Milevicius and Gerd-Jan Poortman try to clear the furler. Bowmen are probably in the most dangerous position of the boat,of course because off the risk of being flushed. That's why insiders call it the red zone.
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- May 4,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 15. Gerd-Jan Poortman tries to pull the tailback..Rule number 1: one hand for the boat and one for yourself
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- May 4,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Brunel. Day 15. Rokas Milevicius grinds the mainsail while the main sheet crosses the shot to the aft where Javier de la Plaza trims it. He is as far aft as possible to avoid the boat diving,nose into the water.
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel; Timo Hagoort
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel; Rokas Milevicius
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel; Adam Minoprio
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel; Louis Balcaen
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. Practice Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 14,2015. ProAm 1 Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 15,2015. ProAm 2 Race Newport onboard Team Brunel
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- May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Hectic starts in Newport; thousands of spectator boats join the fleet on the water for support and farewells.
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- May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Bouwe Bekking close racing with Azzam and Alvimedica
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- May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. A weak beginning... a wrong sail change and a bad tack puts us aft in the fleet
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- May 17,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Timo Haagoort,Rokas Milevicius and Adam Minoprio try to get the furled sail down.
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- May 18,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 00. Team Brunel get off to a weak start; a wrong sail change and a bad tack puts them aft in the fleet.
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- May 20,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 03. Rokas Milevicius checking the sheets
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- May 24,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 08. Adam Minoprio leading the fleet at sunset
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- May 26,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 09. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon. Jens Dolmer,placed in the cockpit guarantees you'll get soaked.
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- May 26,2015. Leg 7 to Lisbon onboard Team Brunel. Day 09. Team Brunel lead the fleet to Lisbon..While skipper Bouwe Bekking gets soaked on the helm,Rokas Milevicius enjoys his warm meal below deck.
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- June 5,2015. ProAm 2 and 3 Races in Lisbon onboard Team Brunel
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Lorient onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack. Rokas Milevicius and Gerd-Jan Poortman clear the A3 with sunset
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- June 16,2015. Start of Leg 9 from Lorient to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Lighthouses on the French coast
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Bouwe Bekking sunset sailing near the french coast
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline.
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline.
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack. Busy navigation time for Andrew Cape who hasn't slept the first 21 hours of this leg.
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Team Brunel leading the pack; Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline. Skipper Bouwe Bekking leading the fleet
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- June 16,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 0. The Volvo Ocean Race fleet starts leg9 with a 50 mile loop close to the french coast. Beautiful sailing near a stunning coastline; Adam Minoprio
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- June 18,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. After a backdown near the coast of Bretagne a big piece of weed came off the keel. After team Brunel dropped from 1st to 7th within one hour. Man down... Andrew Cape falls asleep after 37 hour sailing.
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- June 18,2015. Leg 9 to Gothenburg onboard Team Brunel. Day 2. Traffic in the English channell! Team brunel choose to \"follow\" their biggest competitors MAPFRE and Dongfeng near the english coast. The rest of the fleet choose the lighter but shorter route passing the French border. Sailing close to Dover with its typical coastline