Which Way Will They Go?

One "Bite" leads to another "Bite...
Sincerely tried distracting myself all afternoon, but with the weather outside being "frightful" and in no mood to clean house; here's where we're at:


Ken Read shares from recent report:

“There are so many different route possibilities; we could all end up hundreds of miles apart. It’s going to be interesting for us, but it could be a hard leg to follow back home. It may be hard at times to see which boat is really ahead, and who has the advantage. It certainly keeps me awake at night. “

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Weekend Bite: VOR Leg Two Start

Grrr... The Volvo Ocean Race media is killing me and getting up early to watch the start was like Christmas morning till I opened the Volvo TV website and it all went down hill from there. The experience matched the horrific weather here in New England.

In brief: Puma had a fantastic start, ran away with a "lead" which was short lived when they became the first to hit a break in breeze from the impressive wind shadow Table Top Mountain appears to create (having never been there I have to go with what I am told.) There was a bit of head sail trouble...Ericsson 4 was able to take advantage and now holds the lead...

And on that note, since the site is not updating the news this moment... there seems to be a new race tracker:



Well...Today, there was a huge miss-connect between the commentary and what one saw...till next time. For now...enough on disappointment and on with following a yacht race. This should be an interesting leg.

Cape Town: Busy Port!

Tomorrow the VOR boys make way for India with "Great Expectations" and ready to brace the inbox for the "boat email flood" and daily VOR PRs.

Right behind them Cape Town prepares to welcome the Portimao Sailors...good time to be in South Africa!