Longing For The Sound Of Silence
Almost 1000 miles from Cape Town, the IMOCA boats participating in The Ocean Race are reaching record speeds, covering more than 500 miles in 24 hours. At the expense of life on board for our sailors.
In this video, we listen the skipper Will Harris, his co-skipper Rosalin Kuiper and Yann Eliès talk about what it is like to sail for many days in an extremely loud environment, why the noises are so intense and how they deal with it!
Source: Team Malizia
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