On course North, and “Telefónica” is pushing forward with Itajaí (Brazil) in her sights, the finishing line of this fifth leg in the Volvo Ocean Race. Following a pit stop at Caleta Martial, a cove on Herschel Island (Chile), the Spanish team, headed up by Iker Martínez is climbing ...
The “Telefónica” pit stop at Caleta Martial, a cove on Herschel Island (Chile) is going at a good pace and the boat will be fully back in the race at 22:00 UTC. Moored at the cove, the crew are eager to hit the water again, a mood that was ...
In the small hours of the morning, at 04:05 UTC “Telefónica” made her way across Cape Horn to put the Pacific Ocean astern and enter Atlantic waters. 22 minutes later, at 04:27 UTC, the Spanish boat informed the organisers that racing had been suspended at 55º 57.3’ S ...
“Telefónica” has made a shift in strategy and instead of stopping of to carry out the forecasted repairs at Ushuaia (Argentina) the boat will stop at Cape Horn itself, more specifically at Maxwell Cove, a small and very well protected bay within the group of Wollaston islands, right at the ...
In the style of a new year's countdown to midnight the hours are being counted back on board “Telefónica” as the yacht draws closer and closer to Cape Horn. Just over 350 miles away from the legendary cape, and forecasts point to the Spanish boat rounding it during Saturday ...
“Telefónica” continues to make her way across the Southern Ocean, which, in the words of Iker Martínez has hit them hard this time: “more than the breeze it's been the waves, which have caused us some pretty serious damage”. Proof of the choppy conditions since the start at Auckland ...
The moment to gybe that everyone had been waiting for finally came on this eleventh day of racing on the fifth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. The first to do so was fleet leader “Groupama”, followed by “Telefónica” with Iker Martínez who made the manoeuvre at about 02:00 ...
Team Telefónica has decided to stop off for repairs at the Argentine port of Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego), to tend to bow damage suffered some days ago. In doing so, the crew are aiming to maintain their grip on the podium in this fifth leg of the regatta which ...
A new week begins today and to ease into it, it looks like the Southern Ocean has given “Telefónica” and the rest of the Volvo Ocean Race crews a moment's breath. The white flag isn't exactly flying in all its glory, but the breeze has dropped to a more ...
Having made it past the central limit of the ice exclusion zone, which “Telefónica” put behind them along with “Groupama” and “Puma”, the fleet has begun to move down to even lower latitudes on its way to Cape Horn. The safety zone limits are now positioned further South, on ...
Whoever put the 'Pacific' in 'South Pacific' surely had a great sense of humour. That is surely running through the minds of the crews who have been battling against the conditions the famous Southern Ocean conditions for days now. The past 24 hours has been eventful to say ...
46º 13.73' S, brushing up against the ice limit zone set up by the race organisers to steer the fleet away from icebergs with S-SW winds that have hit the 45 knot (83.8 km/h) mark for “Telefónica”, with waves averaging 4.5 metres. That has been the ...
A tricky night on board “Telefónica” with the South Pacific beginning to display some of its might, with strong winds that have seen the fleet almost devour miles across the board. However, the hardest part is still yet to come and as Iker Martínez reminded us from on board ...
After the storm comes the calm, but by the same token, “after the calm, there's always a storm”, as Antonio Cuervas-Mons “Ñeti” says from on board “Telefónica”. Having now got through the area of calms in the middle of the feared “Roaring Forties” the boat headed up by Iker ...
On board “Telefónica” the short-term aim is clear: gain South to take on the area of calms ahead of the chain of squalls that will take the fleet down to the legendary Cape Horn. Whilst the organisers are constantly checking the situation for icebergs to see if the ice ...
24 hours after the start of the fifth leg in the Volvo Ocean Race and with the fleet now well into the Pacific Ocean, Iker Martínez and his “Telefónica” crew have taken control at the front as the most southerly and easterly boat also notching up higher speeds than their ...
Battle has commenced: 6,705 miles of sailing between Auckland (New Zealand) and Itjaí in Brazil. Early this Sunday morning, 01:00 UTC, the starting gun for the fifth leg in the Volvo Ocean Race was fired. This is the leg that each and every sailor wants to race, the ...
Following the in-port race at Auckland, with the overall leader Team Telefónica finishing in sixth place, it's now time for the ultimate leg of the Volvo Ocean Race to kick off: over 6,700 miles across the Southern Ocean, with a rounding of the legendary Cape Horn and a return to ...
It's been just five days since “Telefónica” reached the 'City of Sails' and the Spanish boat, the current leader in the Volvo Ocean Race rankings, will be back in the running for six fresh points at 01:00 UTC. They'll be making their bid for those points in the bay ...
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