Making a pass, part 2Everyone who sails in the Southern Ocean…
Making a pass, part 2
Everyone who sails in the Southern Ocean talks about how fast conditions change. Storm systems track through like express trains, and a boat can be surfing in 50 knots of wind one moment, then flopping in near-drifting conditions a few hours later.
The fleet saw some of that last night, as the four lead boats all parked within a few miles of each other along the northern limit of the ice exclusion zone. Then, as they were gybing off to the north in a tight pack, the fifth-place boat, Dongfeng, can surging in and passed them in better wind to the south to take the lead. Go Dongfeng!
Meanwhile, SCA is bringing up the next system from behind, and has regained half the distance they lost in the aftermath of their bad knockdown. I hope they’ll be able to keep closing.
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Tags: vor, volvo ocean race, dongfeng race team.
