by Natalie | Dec 20, 2017 | Daily News
(December 19, 2017; Leg 3, Day 10) – A little over 2,000 miles now stand between the Volvo Ocean Race pace setters and the Leg 3 finish line in Melbourne with Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE, continuing to take turns in the lead. The game has been to hug the Antarctic...
by Natalie | Dec 19, 2017 | Daily News
(December 18, 2017; Leg 3, Day 9) – Current Leg 3 frontrunners Dongfeng Race Team and MAPFRE have been racing practically neck and neck today as the Southern Ocean continued to test the Volvo Ocean Race fleet. “Not too long ago we had a port-starboard situation with...
by Natalie | Dec 18, 2017 | Daily News
(December 17, 2017) – François Gabart, who left Ouessant on November 4 (10:05 UTC+1) in a bid to set a new singlehanded round the world record, crossed the finishing line located between Lizard Point and Ouessant today at (02:45 UTC+1) to set a new record of 42 days,...
by Natalie | Dec 14, 2017 | Daily News
(December 13, 2017; Leg 3, Day 4) – The good news with modern weather forecasting is how there are few surprises, but the seven Volvo Ocean Race teams may have tolerated a de-tuned graphic for the Southern Ocean depression that has been haunting them from the start....
by Natalie | Dec 13, 2017 | Daily News
(December 12, 2017; Day 39, 22:30 FR) – The current pace by François Gabart will this week have him successfully set a new singlehanded round the world record. With just 2045.53 nm remaining, the skipper of the 30m MACIF trimaran has covered 715.6 nm in the past 24...
by Natalie | Dec 12, 2017 | Daily News
(December 11, 2017; Leg 3, Day 2) – After a fast and furious opening 24 hours of Leg 3, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet were today enjoying a brief moment of respite as they cross a high-pressure ridge. Speeds throughout the fleet had dropped to around 10 knots as the...
