A few days after the finish of Leg 5 in Aarhus, Abby Ehler, Yann Eliès and Simon Fisher spoke about their seven days at sea. Indeed, this race across the Atlantic will have required the crews to keep up a frantic pace in…
•••The emotional rollercoaster ride for GUYOT environnement - Team Europe is over.
•••Leg 5 is complete while Aarhus stopover is off to a bustling start...
•••If you were to choose one word to sum up the spectacular racing on the record-breaking Leg 5 transatlantic dash from Newport to Aarhus in The Ocean Race, it might be “intensity.”
•••Team Holcim-PRB hold on for second place, with Team Malizia third...
•••11th Hour Racing Team is looking for its second consecutive leg win and the overall lead in The Ocean Race.
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With an average speed of 26.71 knots (50 km/h) over 24 hours in Leg 5 of The Ocean Race, Boris Herrmann’s Team Malizia has gained a new monohull world record sailing 641.13 nautical miles over 24 hours.
•••In this fifth episode, we meet up with the fleet in Newport and it was another tough week! A victory for 11th Hour Racing Team at home after an intense battle on the Atlantic, a logistical marathon and a technical sprint…
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Kevin ESCOFFIER
Boris HERRMANN
Charlie ENRIGHT
