ITAJAI HERE WE COME
Ocean racing teams Abu Dhabi Ocean, MAPFRE, Alvimedica and Brunel have all completed leg 5 - Auckland to Itajai of the Volvo ocean Race. But Team SCA is still out there and will arrive in Itajai shortly. However the worst news ever is that Dongfeng Race Team has retired from Leg 5 due to their mast breaking in the middle of the night on the 29th night of March at around 4:00AM. This is very distressing for me but I sincerely hope they can effect repairs and be in Itajai for the start of Leg 6. They somehow did a temporary repair in the Falklands sailed through the Beagle Channel got tangled in about 200kg of kelp which delayed them somewhat. They experience some nasty blizzards which gave rise to snowball fight amongst the crew which was very entertaining after having to contend with so much weed in the dark of the night. They somehow managed to acquire another main sail and are on the way to Itajai and expect to get there by the 13th of March, hopefully. I have both my toes and fingers crossed for Dongfeng Ocean Racing Team.
Regardless of the mishaps experience by Dongfeng Race Team they current hold second place in the Volvo ocean Race and still stand a chance of winning successive leg if the winds are with them.
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