The wind filled in from the Iranian (northeastern) shore, which…
Thursday, December 11th, 2014The wind filled in from the Iranian (northeastern) shore, which meant ADOR couldn’t complete the pass it looked like they were making 12 hours ago. It’s still Brunel in the lead, but Dongfeng has crept up really close — only 1.2 miles back in the 0340 update.
The Gulf of Oman is 4 hours later than UTC, so it’s Friday morning for the racers. They have about 5 knots of wind from the north, and are slowly beating their way toward the Straits of Hormuz, where they’ll make the final turn for Abu Dhabi.
I’ve loved watching Horace (Jin Hao Chen), the 22-year-old trainee bow man on Dongfeng, come into his own. On Leg 1 he was quiet, focused on his job, letting teammate Wolf do the talking for them. He still has that intensity, but he’s opened up some, and in the last few videos he’s shown more of his personality than I’d seen before.
He’s really into the race, into passing Brunel and winning the leg. I mean, of course they’re all really into it, just as the sailors on Brunel are equally into denying them that. But Horace is really into it.
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