Settling Down for Ocean Sleigh Ride
After a spectacular re-start from Wellington, New Zealand, earlier this morning, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet now returns to the treacherous Southern Ocean as it takes on 6,700 miles of gales and icebergs in the longest leg of the event.
Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard) led the fleet at the gun and for the next few hours, while movistar (Bouwe Bekking) sat out the start, waiting out their two-hour penalty before crossing the starting line. But, at 1000 this morning it was the familiar sight of the two Dutch yachts, ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) and ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) at the head of the fleet, just two miles apart, while movistar has a deficit of 13 nautical miles to catch up.
The fleet is currently 330 miles west of the Chatham Islands. Furthest to the east is ABN AMRO TWO, with Ericsson Racing Team furthest to the west, in an east west divide of 14 miles.
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