ABU DHABI IN-PORT RACE PREPARTIONS

PREPARATIONS FOR 3RD LEG

The Abu Dhabi in-Port race is less than 24 hours away. To be more specific, just 20 hours to go, but what are the wind conditions going to be like, because the very next day,  the 3rd Leg Abu Dhabi to Sanya China starts. The 40 knot start of the 2nd Leg of the Volvo ocean race was a memorable occasion for each and every crew member on board their respective Volvo 65. However, right now, Sophie Ciszek of the SCA is down with a back injury and wheelchair bound but on the mend. Vestas winds was eventually salvaged off the reef, towed to Mauritius, and loaded onto a Maersk container ship with the hope of transplanting all the salvageable components from the wrecked Volvo 65 to a new hull before the start of the 3rd leg.  As can be seen in the image below, Chris Nicholson is in attendance. Right now, joining the race seems very unlikely but we will keep our fingers crossed to see how Vestas Wind is going to get back into the Volvo ocean Race.

Team Vestas Wind's focus is renewable energy specifically windpower

Vestas Wind wreck being salvaged

The Crippled Vestas Wind hitches a ride on a container ship

The skippers at a press conference in Abu Dhabi

Start of the Volvo ocean race Alicante Spain.

The memorable 40 knot Cape Town to Abu Dhabi start of the Volvo Ocean Race

Australian dare devil Mich Kemeter taking a slack rope stroll from SCA to Alvimedica

Alicante Spain where all seven yachts moored during the Volvo Ocean race.