continued from VOLVO OCEAN RACE.
VOLVO OCEAN RACE 2014-15 EXPO
CAPE TOWN STOPOVER
Just two more days to go before the start of the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race; Cape Town - Abu Dhabi. Yesterday the winds were blowing at about 20 knots inside Table Bay Harbour, luckily the yachts were safely moored safely alongside the floating quays well shielded from the howling winds by the Harbour Quays. Today the wind was once again calm and hopefully it will remain that way until the the 19th when the 2nd Leg, Cape Town - Abu Dhabi will commence. It a blessing in disguise that the In-Port race was completed when it was, two days ago.
The results for the In-Port Race on the 15/11/2014 are as follows.
Abu Dhabi
1st
Team Brunel
2nd
Team SCA
3rd
DongFeng
4th
Team Vestas
5th
Team Alimedica
6th
MAPFRE
7th
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| Team Alvimedica busy with final preparations. |
All hands were on deck as final preparations were made before departure. Mainsails, Jibs and Spinkers were checked and additional sails were loaded, hatches were checked and the coffee grinders and ropes were checked. Navigation equipment was checked. All 7 boats are fitted with Inmarsat satellite navigation systems.
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| The Abu Dhabi Team seems to be done with everything with 9 harnesses hanging waiting for the crew. |
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| Team Brunel also still busy working on their yacht. |
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| Team Dongfeng just closed up the mainsail with its cover. |
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| Team Vestas doing final checks. |
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| Team Mapfre complete loading drinking water a few minutes ago. |
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| Team SCA has replaced 1st leg sailors and busy as bees. |
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