Volvo Ocean Race Press Information

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

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We are fighting a boat to boat fight against the Green Dragons here on the Danish coast.  The breeze is a lot lighter than an hour ago and it turns out that we will have a beautiful sunset, while the crowd is still following us in little boats; it’s fantastic to see all these enthusiastic people.

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Ericsson 4 has done it again.  In a thrilling finish to leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race from Galway to Marstrand, Sweden, Ericsson 4 pulled out all the stops to take a third leg win in a row.  PUMA finished second and, after a heroic effort from the crew, Green Dragon clung on to third place, to complete the same order of finish as for leg seven.

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I don’t know where to start.  Many people have asked if I could write a book about this Around the World adventure and the truth is I could write a book about this leg only!  It has been an amazing ride–and to think it has only 4 1/2 days.

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Onboard Telefónica Black we are now 63 nm from the finish and are involved in a good fight with Telefónica Blue close ahead and Delta Lloyd close behind.

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This is simply crazy… This morning we’ve been through the transition of the low and we were with no wind at all. Knowing that the others were sailing along nicely, we were feeling like a mouse stuck in a trap… not nice at all.

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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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It has been a tough 24 hours for the seven boats in the Volvo Ocean Race as they enter the final stages of leg eight from Galway to Marstrand.  Ericsson 4 still has a tenuous lead over Green Dragon (+2 nm)  and the pair are match racing up the Danish coast, less than a mile off the beach of Thyborøn, a fishing village in Jutland, famous for being the site of numerous shipwrecks.

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Tense times aboard Ericsson 4 as we battle up the west coast of Denmark. Our sparring partners in the match race are Green Dragon – who it has to be said are much improved of recent times, whether it’s due to a gained confidence and renewed support from Ireland or due to the extra thousand or so team members they have enlisted via the online game.  But, whatever the reason, Ian and boys have been sailing well. The question for us is; are we duelling for first and second at the moment or are we fighting for sixth and seventh?

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No breeze and an ETA which said we had six days to go to Marstrand.  That’s what we were looking at this morning and, at the same time, we were still at the back of the fleet, with only PUMA behind us. And they were doing good speed…

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