Team Brunel in action at In-Port Race Lisbon

by Team Brunel on 4 Nov 2017 Team Brunel won the second In-Port Race in the Volvo Ocean Race, Friday afternoon in Lisbon. The team sailed almost the entirety of the race in first place and took the victory after a fierce battle with Mapfre on the last beat to the finish.

Bekking: happy with start

Skipper Bouwe Bekking was very content after the race. Bekking: “We had a good day today. Just like yesterday in the Pro-am Race and Wednesday during the practice race we were happy with the start. It was a very hectic race with wind shifts and a course that was changed during the race. We’re super happy with the result. As a team we did a lot better than we did in Alicante.'

'Like I said prior to the race; when you make the fewest mistakes, you have a good chance of winning. That’s what we showed today. It was tactically aggressive, but conservative at mark roundings. It’s great we took first place. We worked hard today, since the last In-Port Race in Alicante we made big gains.”

Burling: keep it simple

Peter Burling: “We’re happy. Happy to get the win. It was a pretty tough race with some big rain and massive shifts to the left and the right. But we tried to keep it as simple as possible and take it easy. And there came out the win. Pretty promising but we will keep pushing it forward to the leg now.'

Leg 2 starts Sunday 5 November

Sunday 5 November the Volvo Ocean Race continues with Leg 2. The boats will race from Lisbon towards Cape Town. The start can be followed live via the Volvo Ocean Race website and is planned at 14.00 UTC.