In the previous Volvo Ocean Race that leg turned out to be disastrous
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With my boat “otherway” in the Vendee Globe Virtual Regatta I am currently rounding Cape Horn in the “other” direction.
Whereas my other boat Blanquilla that sails the race in the “correct” direction constantly has the wind in the back, this route is proving to be a constant challenge!
In the Volvo Ocean Race Game we have [...]
Somewhere in the early morning hours I finished leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race Game in Capetown, South Africa.
The total time it took me was 31 days, 20 hours and 45 minutes and I reached position 7,426 of a total number of participants of more than 55,000.
I had a nice bottle of champagne and [...]
For this edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, stealth mode has been introduced. This is new tactical initiative that gives the crews one opportunity on each of the longer legs to have their location hidden from position reports and the public for 12 hours.
From the Volvo Ocean Race Game website:
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With the Volvo Ocean Race Game I now “only” have 613 nautical miles (nm) to go, but I’m gonna need a bit longer to arrive in Cape Town than I expected earlier this week.
Shortly after my update the strong winds made place for an almost complete lack of of them and I had to make [...]
The website of the Volvo Ocean Race Game leaves much to be desired.
A big part of the website is designed in Flash, therefore hardly any SEO possibilities and much of the rest of the site is put together with – I hardly dare to say it – tables. Oh my!
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Today at 5:54am GMT the yacht Ericsson 4 has finished the first leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The Puma yacht is expected to finish within the next few hours orso and of the trailing pack Telefonica Black is the last boat with a distance of more than 560 nautical miles (nm) still to go [...]
Finally today the sun is shining again and the sky is gorgeous blue after more than a week of pitiful weather. The most important reason why I haven’t been writing my blog: grey and wet outside makes me dull and without energy.
Another reason to write today is because I have an hour extra. Wintertime, not [...]
Last weekend in Alicante the Volvo Ocean Race 2008/2009 started. It was quite bad weather the entire weekend, so there was no point in going there to see it.
However it is very exciting to follow the race online!
As in the past edition they have set up a lot of interactive tools to enjoy the race [...]