During Europe's night-time on Saturday 17th March, the six VO 70s will be listening out for the sounding of the starting horn for the start of Leg 5 in the regatta. This is a leg that will connect the two ports of Auckland (New Zealand) and Itjaí (Brazil), and ...
Together they form one of the most solid crews in the round the world regatta. 11 talented crew members who together make up a single crew. The members know each other well and their greatest virtue is the appreciation of the fact that team work is the backbone ...
24 hours after the leg has ended, in the wake of a podium finish, one of the most stressful on record in Auckland -although not in New Zealand as a whole as the 2006 finish in Wellington saw “Movistar” and “ABN AMRO One” finish with just 9 seconds between them, ...
Over 30,000 people gathered on shore and hundreds of boats were on the water at midday today in Auckland (New Zealand) (23:00 UTC) to greet the three boats that had been fighting for the final two spots on the podium in this fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race: “Puma”, ...
It's now a question of hours before "Telefónica" reaches Auckland (New Zealand), the final destination port on this fourth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race. Only 110 miles are separating the Spanish team from dry land, but there's a lot still to be decided before they get there, with ...
“Telefónica” has been involved in a veritable tacking war with America's “Puma” whilst New Zealand's “Camper” continues to gain South and it looks like sooner or later the boat will come face to face with her rivals. The approach to Auckland (New Zealand) isn't going easy on anyone and ...
In second position, “Telefónica” continues on course to Auckland (New Zealand) with “Groupama” in their sights, currently some one hundred miles ahead . Astern America's “Puma” is 12.5 miles behind and New Zealand entry “Camper” is 35.5 miles away. This pack is currently in a compression ...
The last few hundred miles to Auckland (New Zealand) are not going easy on the fleet, but on this occasion it's good news for the Spanish team. At 13:00 UTC Iker Martínez and “Telefónica” overtook American entry “Puma” and with the latest report, published by the organisers at 16:00 ...
Now with under one thousand miles to go until Auckland (New Zealand), “Telefónica” isn't giving an inch in its battle for a podium spot on this leg of the race, especially now that only 21 miles separate the Spanish yacht from “Puma”. There's also a brand new scene weather-wise ...
At the height of New Caledonia “Telefónica” with Iker Martínez is hoping that on the approach to Auckland (New Zealand) the breeze will drop significantly, as the latest forecasts indicate. “Depending on the breeze anything can happen”, commented Iker Martínez in a telephone interview, and according to the Spanish ...
The approach to New Caledonia promises to open up some scope for the fleet, and over the past 24 hours, “Telefónica” and the rest of the fleet have begun to point West on their route South. It looks like the Spanish team will take on the next important point ...
“Telefónica” is maintaining a course South after putting the Solomon Islands astern, and it's looking very much like the risky strategy chosen by the Spanish team for their approach to New Zealand has been a success. Now after passing the Pacific archipelago, the crew on “Telefónica” are now thinking ...
The cards are on the table and the crew on “Telefónica” have placed their bets: they are taking in the Solomon Islands through the middle, between Choiseul and Santa Isabel. There's no doubt that this archipelago positioned in the middle of the Pacific will make an impact on these ...
Three hours after crossing the Equator, Iker Martínez found a moment to sit down in front of the computer and write an update whilst checking out the latest met forecasts with navigator Andrew Cape. The last 2,500 miles of racing on this leg throw up a lot of question ...
?The moment for strategy has come. In the Southern Hemisphere, “Telefónica” will now have to choose their next manoeuvre: how to get through the lulls at the Equator and how to pass the Solomon Islands to the East of Papua New Guinea. There are two options on the ...
At some 350 miles from the Equator, “Telefónica” continues to notch up high speeds. According to today's 13:00 UTC position report, the Spanish boat is advancing at 17,9 knots and on board the crew are waiting for a new array of possibilities to open up at the lulls at ...
This morning, with a change of watch in full swing, “Telefónica”'s satellite telephone was ringing off the hook. Out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, some one thousand miles from the Equator, Diego Fructuoso picked up with a “Hello Spain!”. Taking it in turns, Pepe Ribes and ...
The past few hours have been thrilling on board “Telefónica”. At average speeds of 21 knots, the Spanish boat has covered a whopping 499 miles (924 kilometres) in the past 24 hours. The high speeds have also boosted morale among the crew headed up by Iker Martínez and ...
The rankings might tell a story of great differences in the fleet, but the geographic positioning of the top three entries shows that in fact they are lined up to the South as if lining up on a starting grid, with a 200 mile lateral distance between “Groupama” to the ...
"Telefónica" hasn't had any other choice than to continue as the boat most South in the fleet with the force and direction of the breeze preventing the Spanish yacht from getting to where they wanted to be. The boats that went with the Northern bid are receiving an early ...
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