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  1. 12th October 2014, 07:41 PM #1
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    Volvo Ocean Race

    Anyone else following it? It started last night our time. Some very good media this year so can follow what's going on. One of the boats is skippered by an Aussie too, and he is currently leading, albeit 20 hours in on a 3 week leg!
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  2. 12th October 2014, 09:13 PM #2
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    Yep, been following this one for a few months and the Whitbread / Volvo for many years!
    Each boat as a specific crew position that is for media only, they are not allowed to be involved in the sailing at all.
    I think there is potential to be SO much media data, it will actually be over whelming and boring after awhile.
    Am looking forward to the parts of the leg in the Malacca Strait and then pretty much all the leg from Auckland to South America.
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    I'll be following this closely as always; it's such a great race. I just wish Sydney would cough up and host a leg here.

    The ISAF World Sailor of the Year is an Aussie, we host the most amazing amateur yacht race in the world (S2H), we do all of the Clipper RTW training for the Southern Hemisphere and we've got an entry into the next America's Cup.....it's such a shame that we don't support this astonishing feat of endurance.
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  4. 13th October 2014, 07:58 AM #4
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    I have the app.... It's pretty informative with video, news, maps, etc....


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  5. 13th October 2014, 08:19 AM #5
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    A great race, a marathon, Bob


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  6. 13th October 2014, 10:17 PM #6
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    I find it somewhat amusing that the once a year sailing commentators call the Sydney Hobart race the 'greatest endurance event on earth'. Seriously?

    The fleet have hit the open ocean now. It will be interesting to see how the new 65s go compared to the older designs. They have made them a lot lighter in the keel to try to slow them down in the rough stuff, stop them breaking up like the 70s were
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  7. 13th October 2014, 11:43 PM #7
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    I am going for the Dongfeng team... (they manufacture isuzu engines...)
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