Oh, wow. There is so much going on in the VOR. The three lead…
Oh, wow. There is so much going on in the VOR.
The three lead boats are emerging from the high into the northern fringes of the westerlies. And get this: Vestas, who went way west, such that at least one team in a video from a day or so ago had written them off, made out bigtime. They’ve had better wind and have been sailing faster than every other boat in the fleet for the past day, such that now, when the lead boats have gybed back to cover, Vestas and ADOR are fighting for the lead less than four miles apart.
There are a bunch of great videos that have come out in the past day:
- An audio interview with Carolijn Brouwer of SCA (she of the adorable photo on the dock in Alicante, saying goodbye to her son) in which she talks about their awful night of falling into a hole while the rest of the fleet kept going.
- An awesome on-board interview of Dongfeng skipper Charles Caudrelier by OBR Yann Riou, talking about their strategy over the past few days, and about those nutty guys on Vestas throwing away distance by sailing so far west (though me of the future suspects he might have a different view now).
- An on-board interview with Vestas navigator Wouter Verbraak by OBR Brian Carlin, talking about their strategy, and including a really funny moment I think I’ll talk about in a separate post when I have more time later.
After 18 days and 5,000 miles of nonstop racing, the two lead boats are practically within hailing distance of each other, a third is nipping at their heels, and two more are within striking distance. I have no idea who’s going to win this.
This race has been awesome.
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