Volvo Ocean Race - A mental lead for Dongfeng Race Team
by Yann Riou on 2 Nov 2014
Kevin Escoffier and Thomas Rouxel on watch during the rough conditions in the South Atlantic. Yann Riou / Dongfeng Race Team
Dongfeng Race Team OBR Yann Riou reports on the team’s progress in the Volvo Ocean Race.
- Weather conditions: Reaching 25-30 knots
- Position of the boat at sea: in the middle of nowhere
- Position of the boat in the fleet: We don’t know
- Boat’s performance: Boat speed, Sailing angle, Sails: running A3
If only I had slept some more, these last days… I wouldn’t be here, in front of my computer, struggling to stay awake and write a few lines. It’s a shame because there are a lot of stories to tell today. Here are a couple.
'Looks like the English Channel in a southwest wind, minus the ships…' Charles
A first for Wolf, Horace, Thomas and Eric whose boots step for the first time in the Forties. Well, it’s not exactly like the tourism brochure said – yes, it’s grey, windy, and there are albatrosses…. We’ll have come back to experience the long west swell.
Instead, we’ve had a choppy sea state, stopping us from going as fast as we could with this wind. It does look like the English Channel in a southwest wind, minus the ships…
Our morning gybe brought us back in the game. We are only couple of miles from the leaders now. And it feels good.
It feels good, but it doesn’t solve my problem. And there are not thousands solutions to this. I’m going to bed, and let’s see when I wake up.
Have a nice Dongfeng Race Team
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