Brunel is the glorious Winner in the penultimate Leg in the VolvoOceanRace 2017-2018, with a small margin over Mapfre.
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| Brunel Winner of Leg 10 |
Leg 10 started in Cardiff and sailed around Ireland and the UK, to finish in Gothenburg , Sweden.
This Leg had it all, no winds, stormy winds, no waves , large wave, no currents, anti-currents and helping currents.
Many Boats in one time at this Leg were in the lead, or close to the lead and many position changes occured.
Brunel did not had such a good start and half way, they were about 6th in the 7 boat VOR fleet. Thereafter , however, it seems that Brunel woke up and got chasing the Boats in front of them and one after the other was passed. Till yesterday, in a straight line battle with Mapfre , Brunel passed the red boat with spendid sailing and kept the lead till the Finish.
Now the last Leg 11, Gothenburg to The Hague, will bring the decision on podium places. The 3 top boats, Brunel, Mapfre and Dongfeng all have 65 points; including the bonus point for Dongfeng for the shortest sailing time overall, which is as good as sure.
So the ranking in the end of Leg 11, will directly translate in the ranking in the Overall VOR 2017-2018 .
Leg 11 will start on 21 June, but first there will be the Gothenburg In-Port races on 17th June.
