Hugo Boss dismasts following a collision

While located two miles off Les Sables d’Olonne, Alex Thomson was hit by a fishing boat, which rammed into the side of Hugo Boss causing her to dismast. The monohull is now moored in the commercial harbour, where an inspection will be carried out…

It was around 2h30 (local time) on Friday morning that Hugo Boss was struck by a fishing boat, leading to the monohull dismasting and causing some major damage to the starboard side. The boat was towed to the commercial harbour in Les Sables d’Olonne, where she is due to be inspected later today. A press conference will take place this afternoon with Alex Thomson, who will explain what exactly happened and give us more information about the intentions of the Hugo Boss team. 

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Volvo Ocean Race Starts

Leaving behind the fiesta atmosphere of the race village in Alicante, its down to more serious business. The weather was extremly bad at the start with winds up to 25 knots making it near impossible for most of the ribs to escort the race yachts out to sea. Ericsson 4 got off to a good lead, however with 45000 kms to go, that is no gurantee.

What the figures tell us

There have already been five editions of the non-stop single-handed round the world race without assistance, and the exceptional nature of the figures can send your mind reeling! While the statistics give us a general picture of the Vendée Globe, we also obtain a portrait of the typical winner…

Sleep: the average length of sleep over 24 hours during the three months of racing: 5 hours

The age of the captain:
The youngest entrant: Ellen MacArthur in 2000 - 2001 :she was 24
The oldest: Jose de Ugarte in 1992-1993:he was 62
The youngest winner of the Vendée Globe: Alain Gautier in 1993, who was 30
The oldest winner: Christophe Auguin at the age of 37

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Countdown to the Start of the Volvo Ocean Race

It has been a pretty hectic week for the Puma team. Saturday was the in-port race, or rather both of them. It was a nervous time for all the teams.

We had never officially raced against each other, although there had been some practice racing in the previous week. And it wasn't a great day for racing, with the wind under 10 knots for the whole day, and very shifty. But the first points were at stake, so even though this day did not have much to do with what this race is really about, we all took it very seriously.

 

Volvo Ocean Race, Alicante

Follow the inport races in Alicante at www.volvooceanrace.org
The 7Oceans Team is currently in Alicante for the start of the Volvo Ocean Race. The Team can be reached on +34 626 404 815

/ Bhavik