“If you were to explain how to play cricket to me in 10 seconds, how would you do it?”
Skipper Ian Walker of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing. As of February 19, 2015, Walker’s team is in second place in the 38,000-mile Volvo Ocean Race.
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Skipper Ian Walker of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, November 4, 2014. Source.
In the latest update (1840 UTC) ADOR is 255 miles from the finish line in Cape Town. They’ve gybed to put themselves directly in front of Dongfeng, who have closed to within 3.3 miles.
You could see the strain in Ian Walker’s face in that interview he did with Ken Read yesterday, and you can see it even more here. I don’t think he’s getting much sleep. Nor does it sound like he’s planning on getting any tonight.
They’ve sailed more than 6,000 miles over the past 24 days. Now it’s a buoy race to the finish.
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Less mediation/gate-keeping = more compelling content. There’s some fabulous stuff here with Ken talking to Ian Walker on ADOR. You get a real sense of the anxieties he (Ian) is experiencing as they try to drive their boat hard over this last day or two, with Dongfeng hanging right off to leeward, matching every move.
And VOR media people: Please just give us the video. And sure, have Genny Tulloch interview people, get Ken Read in the loop; that stuff is great. But just show it all. Make it all available, right away, at least for the obsessives who want it.
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Skipper Ian Walker of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Azzam, October 19, 2014. Source.
As of October 22, Azzam is leading the 7-boat fleet in Leg 1 of the 38,000-mile Volvo Ocean Race.
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Skipper Ian Walker aboard Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s boat Azzam, currently leading the VOR.
I haven’t been intentionally neglecting posting about ADOR, as much as I’ve been frustrated by a lack of video content from the boat. As with the other teams, there’s an ADOR YouTube channel, but the only content with which it’s been updated since the start of the race has been videos filmed before the start of Leg 1.
This video, which I love, is not from the team’s own channel; it’s from the official VOR channel, though it’s listed there as “unpublished” and didn’t show up in my YouTube subscription feed. I only learned about it because a helpful user posted it in the Sailing Anarchy discussion for Leg 1.
It looks like this video was shot on the afternoon of October 19, as the boat sailed west on starboard tack after passing north of the Cape Verde Islands.
Go Azzam.
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