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Volvo Ocean Race - Images from a torrid first day of Leg 2

by Sail-World.com on 6 Nov 2017
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race photographers were in the air and aboard the racers to capture images of the seven boat Volvo Ocean Race fleet as they had a fast ride away from the European coast in the opening stanzas of Leg 2.

Boats were reported to be hitting 30kt boatspeeds as they surfed over the top of the North Atlantic swell, and took a dunking as they ploughed through the back of big one.

Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Start of Leg 2. Day 1 from Lisbon to Cape Town. 05 November, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


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