Title: The battle for the final tittle begins
Date: 06-11-12
Leg: Leg 8
Description: The eighth and penultimate leg of the Volvo Ocean Race is underway, kicking off in Lisbon, Portugal. There are 1,940 nautical miles ahead for the crews, taking them to Brittany in France and the town of Lorient, with an obligatory waypoint positioned at the Azores, specifically at the island of San Miguel, the biggest and most important island in the archipelago.