Sunday 18 March, the next Leg 7 Auckland to Itajai will start. Many call this Leg the real VolvoOceanRace Sailing. This leg will be hard, but than there also extra points up for grab, double point as one of the 3 heavy legs, a piont for passage of Cape Horn as well. So expect a fierce battle for the scorecard.
This leg will start with a start circuit in the waters of Auckland to allow the winner of this short race to sail as first into the Open Water of the Southern Ocean.
Start is Sunday 18 March, at 01:00 UTC; normally there is a live broadcast via the VolvoOceanRace website.
This leg will bring, low Temperatures, as Boats would like to sail as close as possible to the Antarctic, to reduce the miles and get (normally)the strongest winds. The Lows, with harsh winds and huge waves will make this also a adventures leg, where Boats might have to avoid the worst of the winds to protect boat and crew.
However, the first around Cape Horn, has a good change to win in Itajia, though there might be some surprises waiting in the Southern Atlantic.
