It has been a tremendous five or six days sailing, it has been some of the mot fun I have had sailing during this race. We were in really close contact with all the leaders all the way round, pretty much from Galway once we left the bay. We got out ahead and it was great to give the home crowd a bit back for everything they did for us. When we did get ahead it didn’t take long for the others to catch up, but we just kept on getting ahead time after time again and eventually ended up here in third place it is awesome to be on the podium again, a shame PUMA managed to get back in the race we didn’t think they would but they did.
We have seen Green Dragon go from strength to strength it seems was that stopover in Galway just an added bit of propulsion for the guys?
Of course it was a boost, how would it not be after a stopover like that. It was one of the best stopovers Volvo has ever seen, but I think the reality is a leg like this is more suited to us, there were lots of opportunities, lots of places where we could make big gains and not like the Rio leg for instance where it is just straight line sailing drag race all the way there. WE can’t compete with that unfortunately but a leg like this and a Transatlantic we can do something with and we have done some good work.
I hate to remind you of this is actually a stopover do you have much to do onboard?
Now that we are responsible for the work list, we have kept it to a minimum! So absolutely nothing just a quick tidy up to go next week.
