"RooWills" (roowills)
02/28/2018 at 14:30 • Filed to: ROO WILLS, New Zealand, VOLVO OCEAN RACE, VOLVO
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"RooWills" (roowills)
02/28/2018 at 14:30 • Filed to: ROO WILLS, New Zealand, VOLVO OCEAN RACE, VOLVO | 5
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The Volvo Ocean Race fleet screamed into Auckland in the early hours of Wednesday morning greeted by a surprisingly large number of boats, myself included. It was 1am and blowing 25 knots so things were a little hairy navigating and taking photos at the same time. Also a test for my camera and my ability to stay somewhat still while snapping away.
These boats left Hong Kong 20 days ago and the top 5 arrived within half an hour of eachother, and the top 2 within 2 minutes. Crazy match racing down the coast to finish. Amazingly close racing over such a long distance. They’re in town for a couple of weeks with a few in-port races before heading off on the next leg.
ttyymmnn
> RooWills
02/28/2018 at 14:34 |
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So those are proper boats, and not those crazy hydrofoil things, right? The southern oceans are not to be trifled with.
lone_liberal
> RooWills
02/28/2018 at 14:41 |
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Is this the same race that used to be called the Whitbread? If so it’s both extremely cool and absolutely nuts.
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RooWills
> lone_liberal
02/28/2018 at 14:49 |
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Yeah that’s right! They’re all crazy.
Future next gen S2000 owner
> RooWills
02/28/2018 at 14:53 |
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I thought for a moment they left Hong Kong, circumnavigated and landed in Auckland 20 days later. That would be quite impressive.
Trevor Slattery, ACTOR
> RooWills
02/28/2018 at 15:04 |
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These guys are behind only F1 drivers, special ops, and astronauts in terms of things that are just out of my realm to even think about doing.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> RooWills
02/28/2018 at 15:41 |
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Read your title and thought this was going to be about the special edition of the CUP from like 15 years ago (at least I think that’s what it was)