January 29, 2009

Burned in St. Elmo's Fire

Leg four of the Virtual Volvo Ocean Race is over for the yacht Hold the Mayo. Finishing a short time a go in a very disappointing 15,235. I might as well have sunk off the coast of Borneo.

How did it get that bad? I'll let Rob Lowe explain:




Simply put on one tack boats were passing me by the hundreds. On the other I was making consistent gains on the fleet. But those gains weren't real.

Leg 5 from Qingdao, China to Rio de Janeiro, covering approximately 12,300 nautical miles gets under way February 14.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 10:14 PM | No Comments | Add Comment







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