Day 2 – Only one day in – Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race
Day 2 – Only one day in – Team SCA in the Volvo Ocean Race:
From Corinna Halloran aboard Team SCA:
Around 9pmUTC, the nail biting began. Libby and Sam sat around the navigation computer staring at the screen and the rest of the fleet. “Everyone except us are going the southerly route through the Straits, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out why,” Libby said. “We want to stay with the fleet but we also want to stick with our plan—and our plan has us sailing North.” Despite the nerves to split from the fleet, we stayed the course and sailed on without knowing if our strategy would pay off or not. At 12:00amUTC we bobbed and weaved our way through container ships anchored in Gibraltar, without a single sailboat to be seen. Were we ahead or behind?! Ahead or behind!?
Then, the clock struck 01:15am UTC and Libby downloaded the “scheds” (the schedule, with all of the boat’s locations—only available every 6 hours). Her sigh was audible around the boat. The team collectively hooted and hollered for joy as Libby told us we were 21 nautical miles ahead of the fleet! Our risk paid off big time and we are now officially sailing in the Atlantic Ocean!
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