Today Sunday 5 November 2017 at 1400 UTC will be the Start of VolvoOceanRace Leg 2.
The wind forecast is strong winds possibly upto 20 kts.
The Leg will start with the Boats having to sail a start circuit close to Lisbon, which looking at the wind conditions and the perfect show in the In-Port Race yesterday, will be an exciting and challenging event. The starter circuit is said to be an upward stretch on the river Tagus till the Lisbon city, before heading out to the Atlantic.
As normal, the Starter circuit sailing will be live on internet via the VolvoOceanRace website and starting around 13:45 UTC
The Leg 2 course has no further Marks to sail around. The Navigators have all freedom to choose the best route to Cape Town. Will this make it easier or not?
With all the freedom, I hope that we see some split in the strategies to make it a real race of opponents, rather than a long line of Boats one after the other.
A preview of conditions on route can be read here: Leg 2 Preview.
