Volvo Round The World Ocean Yatch Race.

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I have an Interest here as I used to do a bit of sailing and my nephew is bowman in Ericsson4.

It can be followed at THIS site here.

All the information on the boats HERE.

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Updated at Sunday 2 November 2008 07:00 GMT

It’s a win for Torben Grael and the international crew on Ericsson 4 in Leg One of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team eased across the finish line at 05:54 GMT, on a bright, sunny morning in Cape Town.

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Updated at Sunday 2 November 2008 07:00 GMT

It’s a win for Torben Grael and the international crew on Ericsson 4 in Leg One of the Volvo Ocean Race. The team eased across the finish line at 05:54 GMT, on a bright, sunny morning in Cape Town.

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Wohoo!

Did you see some of the footage, yet again the Farr boats are struggling, too fine in the bow I'd say; might do better in the next leg.

My heros are Ger ORourke and the lads on Delta Lloyd; least money, oldest boat, still hanging in there and woulda done better without the busted spreader...bring it on!

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They're away again today, off up to Cochin, India.

Should be an interesting tactical battle through the Indian Ocean if winds stay light to moderate.

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They're away again today, off up to Cochin, India.

Should be an interesting tactical battle through the Indian Ocean if winds stay light to moderate.

Delta Lloyd lookin good, Puma kind of blasted the start then seems to have fallen back a bit....where do you go for coverage, finding it hard to get much?

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Sorry, got distracted and didn't get back here. Coverage seems to be restricted to the Volvo site.

ERICSSON 4 GOES TWO FOR TWO

Sunday 30 November 2008 02:00 GMT

Torben Grael and his crew arrived in darkness at the end of another dominant leg for Ericsson 4 but he was quick to offer some rays of hope to his rivals.

"This race is a long way from over," he said. "I do not see ourselves as the team to beat at all."

His challengers and most observers would probably disagree. His team, which broke the world 24-hour record en route to winning the opening leg, picked up where they left off by first picking up a maximum four points at the scoring gate and then cruising to overall victory in 14 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes.

It leaves Ericsson 4 on a whopping 26 points from a possible 28, giving them a leaderboard advantage of at least six points assuming Green Dragon or PUMA finish third and Telefonica Blue hold onto second.

Despite the apparent hold they have on the event, Grael, characteristically, is talking down his team's superiority. "The second leg is the beginning of the race and there is a lot of racing to go. We have worked very hard to get where we are, but the other teams are all capable of getting results."

His cautious tone was echoed by watch captains Brad Jackson and Stu Bannatyne, but the former failed to identify any conditions or points of sail where their rivals had an edge.

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They're Away Again.

Start Day In Cochin.

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In a thrilling finish four boats crossed the line within 20 minutes of each other after 9 days and 1950 miles.

Telefonica Blue

Puma

Ericsson 3

Ericsson 4

Many of the crew are heading for the airport, anticipating a Christmas at home before the race restarts for the Singapore to China leg on the 18th of January.

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