Watch Team Telefonica get hit by huge waves from a-beam, YIKES! ………
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKQgJykdO4&w=560&h=315]
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Time to Burn
Team Donfeng Racing has made it to ItajaÃ! Incredibly the mast arrived all the way from Dubai around the same time. Since Ushuaia, most of the race team has been replaced by shore crew for the delivery to Brazil. This allowed the regular crew the opportunity for some much needed rest and the shore crew the opportunity…
Team Puma Lead Across the Equator
Go Puma! As the teams cross the equator for the fourth and final time. Sailors take a moment to celebrate the moment with some rum. Catch up with some of the worlds best sailors as they approach Miami, Florida. Volvo Ocean Race [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdGH9fO4A5U&w=560&h=315]
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So Close To Home
German engineering is at it again, Bavaria Yachts is all new and looking good. Bavaria Yachts are being built (and have always been built, since 1978) just minutes away from my hometown Wurzburg, Germany in a small township called Giebelstadt. Although being completely land locked, the company boasts of being one of the largest production yacht building…
V.O.R. – “It’s All Good….”
As the teams approach the equator in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, conditions continue to improve as the trade winds arrive. Here is just a ‘tid-bit’ on Team Puma and how there wild decision to stray from the pack ended up. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB52Mv_ZNZc&w=560&h=315] Stay up to date on race info at www.volvooceanrace.org
Just a Quickie
Since I have been slacking a little this week (it has been really busy around here), here is a little entertainment that I found on good old YouTube. Take a few minutes and enjoy these sailboat bloopers. It will surely brighten your Saturday. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyBUc8bqzp8&w=420&h=315] ……make sure you are always safe out there. ~T.R.C.
More Crash Highlights – AC 45
Probably the most extreme Ac 45 wipe-out……… [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjwY6O2zE0E&w=560&h=315] See some of the race day highlights from Plymouth, day 2. This must have been some sort of record for ‘amount of broaches in one day’ !! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PaBrBD6RHc&w=560&h=315]
