Hi,

as somebody who happened to at the start of the race in Spain, I was wondering if more of you are following the race at all.

This link allows you to follow the boats, live:

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/dashboard.html

Who are we supporting?
Despite its on-going crewing issues (the Captain was sacked but was reinstated hours before casting off); I kind of like team AKZO NOBEL.

Perhaps this is a nice thread to keep active in the next months to come?


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notaxonrotax wrote:

Hi,

as somebody who happened to at the start of the race in Spain, I was wondering if more of you are following the race at all.

This link allows you to follow the boats, live:

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/dashboard.html

Who are we supporting?
Despite its on-going crewing issues (the Captain was sacked but was reinstated hours before casting off); I kind of like team AKZO NOBEL.

Perhaps this is a nice thread to keep active in the next months to come?


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That is cool to be able to follow the race. I will root for Clean Seas, just because it is a noble cause and idea. They are stopping in Newport R.I. near where I live. Everything is near in R.I.

I obviously support that same green cause man, I would love that team to win it!

Go and see the boats in your town when you get the chance, they are pretty amazing.
And there´s not a lot of ego´s, you can speak to any skipper; no worries!


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Nice, they started again. Two Dutch teams, but I'm hoping for the UN team to win.

The grand finale in my home country, I will put that in my agenda for next year.

I am glad they are starting again!
I will be rooting for Clean Seas and plan on stopping through Rhode Island when they make it there.
Should be a great race!

They are approaching Lisbon.....Vestas appears to be winning this stage.


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There is a battle for the 3rd and 6th place. Go Dutchies, you can do it, take the 3rd place http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/dashboard.html

Lisbon in-port racing today:

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/1 ... -Race.html


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Go Brunel, nice race

Interesting description of the next leg to Cape Town:

https://www.teamakzonobel.com/news/team ... -cape-town


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notaxonrotax wrote:

Interesting description of the next leg to Cape Town:

https://www.teamakzonobel.com/news/team ... -cape-town


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As a poor sailor, I can only wonder how they do it in rough conditions they are and will face.

And we left Cape Town!

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/tracker.html

The boats seems to have chosen very different routes! Interesting!

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Interesting, I think the northern route is quite interesting to take, looking at the current wind pattern. Interesting indeed. Place your bets......

In france we are more interested with round the world race:
https://sport.francetvinfo.fr/voile/49-jours-chrono/

notaxonrotax wrote:

And we left Cape Town!

I was there on "take off":

VOR 1

VOR

VOR 2


Great show and a lot of informative stuff - I really enjoyed the two weeks when the boats were in town!

BartSimpson wrote:

notaxonrotax wrote:

And we left Cape Town!

I was there on "take off":

VOR 1

VOR

VOR 2


Great show and a lot of informative stuff - I really enjoyed the two weeks when the boats were in town!

Great pictures! Were you able to interact with any of the teams?

Sadly one of the sailors is gone missing at the Southern Ocean and presumed dead. RIP.



https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sail ... SKBN1H3179

bagoldex wrote:

Incredibly sad. Even sailing on a comparatively slow 50' racer cruiser in the Bermuda Race, Fastnet or similar you're always told that if you go over, it's curtains. The chances of getting the boat around and back to where the person is presumed to have gone over in a timely manner is virtually nil except in light air during daylight. Interestingly in the Newport Bermuda this year they're requiring all crew members to have individual AIS transponders fastened to their harnesses.

Even with an AIS your chances are indeed slim. The Southern Ocean is just too vast and help is far far away. And given one went overboard it wasn't a flat ocean at the time. I can only imagine what goes through the mind of those team members left behind.

Incredibly sad. Even sailing on a comparatively slow 50' racer cruiser in the Bermuda Race, Fastnet or similar you're always told that if you go over, it's curtains. The chances of getting the boat around and back to where the person is presumed to have gone over in a timely manner is virtually nil except in light air during daylight. Interestingly in the Newport Bermuda this year they're requiring all crew members to have individual AIS transponders fastened to their harnesses.

Dutchy wrote:

bagoldex wrote:

Incredibly sad. Even sailing on a comparatively slow 50' racer cruiser in the Bermuda Race, Fastnet or similar you're always told that if you go over, it's curtains. The chances of getting the boat around and back to where the person is presumed to have gone over in a timely manner is virtually nil except in light air during daylight. Interestingly in the Newport Bermuda this year they're requiring all crew members to have individual AIS transponders fastened to their harnesses.

Even with an AIS your chances are indeed slim. The Southern Ocean is just too vast and help is far far away. And given one went overboard it wasn't a flat ocean at the time. I can only imagine what goes through the mind of those team members left behind.

I agree completely, especially since a lot of people, myself included, hardly wear their harnesses. It's just another box to check on the safety inspection. At the rate they're going with the increasingly stringent safety requirements the 2020 race will be sailed entirely in virtual reality from the bar at New York Yacht Club. When it's time to cross the gulf stream, participants will put on their foul weather gear and stand in a lukewarm shower for twelve hours.

Keeping Crowhurst company I suppose.

What a lonely way to go.

A terrible lonely death. I always wondered why they cannot rig a lifeline of some sort, especially in the night time hours.

WarRI1 wrote:

A terrible lonely death. I always wondered why they cannot rig a lifeline of some sort, especially in the night time hours.

What you're describing is mandated equipment for every offshore race sailed under World Sailing regs worldwide but many people simply don't wear their harnesses or clip in when they should.

Very sad. I saw them leave Auckland last week and got some nice shots of them sailing up the coast (might post them at a later time). Thoughts are with the family.

My parents were professional sailors and I always got really worried about this kind of stuff happening (thankfully the Southern Ocean wasn't their territory, but there can be pretty awful weather between NZ, Australia and Fiji at times).

Further details ...

Volvo Ocean Race sailor John Fisher of Britain wasn't wearing his safety tether when he was knocked off his sloop into the frigid, remote Southern Ocean in gale-force conditions just before sunrise Monday, according to a timeline released by Team Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag.

Fisher, 47, was lost at sea some 1,400 miles west of Cape Horn, with no other boats within 200 miles.

The team said Wednesday that Fisher had unclipped his tether and left the cockpit to tidy up a sheet when the 65-foot yacht surfed down a large wave, leading to an accidental crash gybe, or an uncontrolled turn.

As the mainsail swung across the boat, the mainsheet system caught Fisher and knocked him off, the team said. The crew turned back but couldn't find Fisher in wind of 35-45 knots and waves of up to 16 feet, with showers reducing visibility. The water temperature was 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit).

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/ ... e38353153/

https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/ ... -safe.html

Vestas demasted!

I can see them trucking the boat from Argentina to Itajaí.
Scallywag may do the same, from Chile.

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Will anyone be at the Newport stop?

Eagle15 wrote:

Will anyone be at the Newport stop?

I'm in Newport now. I'm sure Fort Adams will be a zoo but will probably go to Castle Hill for the start.

Yeah, Dutch success: Team Bunel first and team AkzoNobel second. Only four minutes apart: 8d 08:39:53 (1) | 8d 08:43:58.

After a shaky start Team Brunel has fought its way to second place with his vizer strongly locked at place first.




https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/home.html

This edition of VOR will be the last. Volvo have sold the ownership to Atlant Ocean Racing Spain.

http://www.searchmagazine.se/News/view/11277
https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/ ... rship.html

I'd like to borrow this topic a little. Åf Offshore starts today at 11.00 CEST. Follow it here:
https://solidsport.com/afor/watch/live2018 http://race.ksss.se/en/For-visitors/The-Race/

Thunderboltdrgn wrote:

This edition of VOR will be the last. Volvo have sold the ownership to Atlant Ocean Racing Spain.

http://www.searchmagazine.se/News/view/11277
https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/ ... rship.html

That's a shame. I liked it under Volvo's management and they put a lot of effort into the shore based exhibitions for the stopovers.

zkojq wrote:

Thunderboltdrgn wrote:

This edition of VOR will be the last. Volvo have sold the ownership to Atlant Ocean Racing Spain.

http://www.searchmagazine.se/News/view/11277
https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/ ... rship.html

That's a shame. I liked it under Volvo's management and they put a lot of effort into the shore based exhibitions for the stopovers.

I don't think it will be any major changed given that the new management have been involved for quite a long time.

Atlantic Ocean Racing Spain, led by Richard Brisius, Johan Salén and Jan Litborn have already been involved in seven Volvo Ocean Races in the
last 28 years, given them plenty of experience. Brisius and Salén competed in the 1989-1990 race, and later became team managers. As managers
they looked after winning teams, such as EF Language (1997-98) and Ericsson 4 (2008-09). Most recently, they managed Team SCA, the all-female entry,
in the last edition of the race.

Brisius and Salén are respectively President and co-President of the current edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, having been appointed last November.

http://www.yachtingworld.com/races/volv ... ion-115027