Blue Ocean Yachting

High-Speed chase towards Sanya Finish in the Volvo Ocean Race

February 3, 2012 - 2200 UTC Leg 3 Stage 2 Day 13.  At 2200 UTC tonight, the first four boats racing in Leg 3 Stage 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race were screaming towards the Sanya finish in a high-speed chase led by Team Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP). Groupama sailing team were holding on to second place, 30.20 nautical miles (nm) behind.

After an exhausting 13 days at sea, Team Telefónica is on the home straight with 91.2 nm left to run until the team crosses the finish in Sanya in the early hou...

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PUMA FALTER AS TELEFÓNICA CONSOLIDATE

February 2, 2012 - 1300 UTC Leg 3 Stage 2 Day 12.  After two weeks and over 2500 nautical miles (nm) of sailing on the second stage of Leg 3 from the Maldives to Sanya in China, today the top five boats are separated by just four hours as they take on a gruelling 500 nm beat to the finish.

Overall race leaders Team Telefónica were the first to reach the coast of Vietnam overnight and this morning began an arduous zigzag along the shore, tacking on average once an hour to avoid the worst of a...

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PUMA GAMBLE EVERYTHING ON LAST-DITCH ATTACK

February 1, 2012 - 1400 UTC Leg 3 Stage 2 Day 11.  PUMA skipper Ken Read launched a surprise tactical gamble on Wednesday that could take the Leg 3 fight all the way to the wire, with the American taking his team offshore just as Telefónica led the main fleet towards the coast of Vietnam.

In a calculated risk taken with the team’s need for points in mind, Read defied conventional wisdom by investing in a position around 150 nautical miles to the east of the fleet as the race to Sanya in Chin...

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