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team AkzoNobel heads into big seas and 45kt winds on the first hours of Leg 3 of the Volvo Ocean Race
© Thierry Martinez / teamAkzoNobel
Volvo OR - Punishing first night for team AkzoNobel
As predicted the first night of Leg 3 was a punishing one for team AkzoNobel and the rest of the seven-boat fleet as they pounded into 45-knot headwinds and huge breaking waves kicked up by the Agulhas Current