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Volvo Ocean Race - Slingshot exit from Gibraltar in 30kts - Video

by Sail-World.com/NZ on 24 Oct 2017
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Aerial video as the Volvo Ocean Race fleet exited the Straits of Gibraltar on Leg 1 of the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race.

The fleet raced through the narrow Gibraltar Strait in 30 knot gusts, tide against wind and close, experiencing some close intense racing.



Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race


Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 01, Alicante to Lisbon, . Photo by Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race. 23 October, 2017. © Ainhoa Sanchez/Volvo Ocean Race

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