Volvo Ocean Race Press Information

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Time is running down in the 08-09 Volvo Ocean Race. We have had the last in-port race, the last pro-am race, the last day of corporate sailing and the last Green Dragon party.

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We have just passed over a rocky ledge between two islands and I had my heart in my mouth as the depth dropped to 1.9 metres below the keel – I prayed the chart was accurate and breathed a sigh of relief as the depth shot back up. That’s enough of those scares for one day. Other than that no real change out here in the Gulf of Finland.

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We are still yet to crack sheets or change a sail on this leg as we sail hard on the wind to St Petersburg.

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Here we go again – sailing upwind and slowly losing miles. I will not miss this when the race ends. Fortunately, it cannot last for days, as St Petersburg is less than 300 miles away.

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We have now rounded Skanor, pretty much the southern tip of Sweden and again set our masthead running spinnaker. Delta Lloyd has done the same and closed slightly on us behind.

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We now have less than 100 miles to go and Telefónica Black, Delta Lloyd and the Green Dragon are in a close tussle for 4th, 5th, 6th place.

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We are all sailing down the channel off Copenhagen and the sun is setting over the city behind us.

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We have just changed to a fractional Zero from the masthead Zero.  It seems faster and more under control. 

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I cannot believe how changeable the conditions have been over the last four days and that is from someone who has sailed in the English Channel a lot. Even now as we clear the top of Denmark we have to contend with 60 degree windshifts, but thankfully far less shipping.

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