The Ocean Race 2023 – Leg 2 – Day 7 – Decisions in the Doldrums

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Niall Myant-Best takes us through all the latest from Leg 2 of   The Ocean Race  2022-23 As our fleets approached the unpredictable Atlantic doldrums, the crews made various gambles to pre-empt the tricky sailing conditions, with some strategies working out better than others!

31 January 2023, Leg 2, Day 7. First Equator cross ritual onboard Guyot

31 January 2023, Leg 2, Day 7. First Equator cross ritual onboard Guyot

31 January 2023, Leg 2, Day 7. First Equator cross ritual onboard Guyot

Um 02:05  war es soweit: Der Äquator wurde überquwert

09:00

Glück für Robert und Phillip  (Guyot). In den Doldrums läuft es besser als erwartet, da sich die Wetterlage zu ihren Gunsten entwickelt hat.

Hier sehen wir die Wetterinformationen, die 11th Hour zur verfügung stehen. Die Teams sehen also wesentlich mehr als die Wetterkarten des Trackers.

NEWS ONBOARD

« It’s always a bit stressful, to take an option, yesterday there was no wind, and we weren’t making any progress while we could see the others moving. And finally in the night we made progress while other stayed stuck on the water, which put us in the lead. » – Sébastien Simon

The team is well positioned for the rest of the race, they’ll probably passed the equator really close to the other boats but hope to have an advantage while passing Saint-Helen high pressure, because of their east positon.

20:00

Es läuft …