Volvo Ocean Race - Team SCA heads for Cape Horn
by Volvo Ocean Race on 1 Apr 2015
March 31, 2015. Leg 5 to Itajai onboard Team SCA. Day 13. Sophie Ciszek and Stacey Jackson made a snowman out of hail. They have had snow and the Chill Factor is minus five degrees Xaume Olleros/Volvo Ocean Race
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Team SCA is due to round Cape Horn tomorrow between 1200 – 1800 UTC. They are still battling with the elements, squally conditions, sailing in 20 knots of wind, from west-northwest. Sea state is rough and waves are 6 metres high.
Sam Davies’ crew still has 180nm to get to Cape Horn. The good news is that the electronic problems onboard have been fixed and they have recovered their instruments for navigation.
Dongfeng Race Team have arrived safely in Ushuaia, Argentina at around 1130 UTC, after making their way through the narrow Beagle Channel. The Chinese team is assessing the damage at the moment. Stay tuned for updates.
Back with the rest of the fleet, the four boats in the Atlantic have sailed just 20nm off the west coast of the Falkland Islands between 0800 and 1300 UTC. They are also sailing in west-northwesterlies in a range of 19 to 23 knots.
Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing who took the lead early this morning, are just 8.8 nm ahead of Team Alvimedica. In the battle for third, MAPFRE has been able to keep distance from Team Brunel, who have reported damage to their J1 yesterday after rounding Cape Horn.
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