Volvo Ocean Race; It's Game Face On Again
by Crosbie Lorimer on 18 Mar 2012
Looking back to the city on the morning of the Leg 5 start Crosbie Lorimer
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After a sunny early morning start, cloud cover and a building nor-easter is setting the prologue for today's Leg 5 start.
In all of the press conferences over the last couple of days the skippers have been very respectful of each other and of the challenges of this next leg; one that is starting with a full upwind workover in nasty seas before reaching the classic Southern Ocean downwind ride for which this race is famous.
So today the polite smiles give way to serious eyeballing; it's game on again.
Here are a few photos of the 'calm before the storm' from Crosbie Lorimer who is in Auckland for the stopover.
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