Jean Yves Bernot, Arve Roass and Grant Wharington sporting the unshaven look. It’s possible to see that we have been out sailing for a while. Onboard photo / djuice team.
No other team relies so heavily on French sailing expertise. World-renowned weather router and navigator Jean Yves Bernot plots the boat’s course, while Thomas Coville and Jaques Vincent support the team with trimming and driving. Building 25% of the total crew of 12, they a major force on deck of the pink yacht.
Djuice’s approach is similar to other sports, like cycling or short track skating, where the top contenders stay in the middle of the pack until the final assault shortly before the finish. Not to mention that a third of the crew is Australian and must think about their fellow countryman who claimed Australia’s first Olympic winter gold.
The jump into second started to unfold yesterday evening, when neither Tyco nor ASSA ABLOY covered the djuice dragons when they moved away from the fleet towards land. There they found a gentle north-easterly breeze when everybody else struggled in no wind at all. Djuice’s navigator, Jean Yves Bernot commented on this decision after stepping off the yacht he has been on for more than three weeks : "As there was no wind offshore, we had to try inshore. Even though there were some discussions on board."
This second placing is djuice’s first top three result and will add a lot to their confidence in the ability of the Davidson designed boat, as well as in the team.
Two days ago Knut Frostad wrote, when lying in fifth position : "As the results from the winter Olympics are ticking in, and I proudly see that Norway is second overall, it makes me even more motivated to give everything we can on the last miles left. Hold your breath..."
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 24, 1146 GMT
The Boka Bay Coastal Race was a perfect reflection of this edition of The Ocean Race Europe : spectacular. And as they did over and over again during the past six weeks, it was Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm who secured victory, confirming an incredible, dominant run throughout the summer of racing.
11th Hour Racing Team has won The Ocean Race 2022-23, the world’s longest and toughest team sporting event - the first time a US team has won in the 50-year history of the Race.
The next edition of The Ocean Race, scheduled to start from Alicante, Spain in October 2021, will visit 10 international cities, including the start port and the Grand Finale finish in Genoa, Italy in the summer of 2022.
The latest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race, which started in Alicante, Spain in October 2017 and finished in The Hague in the Netherlands in June 2018, will be remembered as the closest in race history, as well as a record-breaking event on many levels.
Dongfeng Race Team has won the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18 in the closest finish in race history.
Skipper Charles Caudrelier led his team to victory on the final leg of the race, a 970-mile sprint from Gothenburg, Sweden to The Hague.
Incredibly, it marked the first leg win for the team — it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Charlie Enright’s Vestas 11th Hour Racing showed great patience and sailed a clean race for a victory in the Gothenburg In-Port Race on Sunday.
But it was Xabi Fernández’s MAPFRE team who rode a third place finish on Sunday to win the overall In-Port Race Series, sailing 11 points clear of their closest pursuers, Dongfeng Race Team.
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The Germany SailGP Team presented by Deutsche Bank has entered the winners circle, claiming their first event victory at the Rolex Switzerland Sail Grand Prix in tricky, light conditions on the waters of Lake Geneva. Germany clinched the top spot ahead of Australia in second and Switzerland in third, in a high-stakes final that saw some of (…)
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The Boka Bay Coastal Race was a perfect reflection of this edition of The Ocean Race Europe : spectacular. And as they did over and over again during the past six weeks, it was Paul Meilhat’s Biotherm who secured victory, confirming an incredible, dominant run throughout the summer of racing.
La « Final Scoring Race » a été à l’image de toute cette édition de The Ocean Race Europe : spectaculaire ! Biotherm s’est imposé, confirmant son incroyable domination tout au long de l’été. En terminant deuxième cet après-midi, Arkéa Paprec a consolidé sa deuxième place au général. Alors que Holcim-PRB complète le podium final, Team Malizia (…)
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