News Archive Offshore Racing

After passing the second ice-gate, the Volvo 70 are again heading southwards through the icy zones of the South Pacific direction Cape Horn. In addition to the ongoing 40 kn plus breeze, the very cold temperatures put a big pressure on the crews. 'Groupama' with Franck Cammas FRA has extended her lead on 'Puma' (Ken Read USA), the only chaser left, to 48 miles. 'Sanya' reached New Zealand yesterday to be loaded on a cargo ship destination Miami to be prepared to resume the Volvo Ocean Race. 'Camper' is on the way to the Chilean coast and also 'Telefonica' (Iker Martinez ESP) announced yesterday, that they intend to do a repair stop at Ushuaia ARG at the Cape Horn. The race-viewer, the report of the day and the videos.