Sjysst båtmeck. Och lite lustigt att utriggarna inte håller? Vestas är de som verkar ha haft mest bekymmer, men så blir det kanske när man är sist in.
Team Vestas Wind – Outrigger trouble. “A good guess is better than a bad measure”, as Salty carries out some DIY on a damaged outrigger. It’s not so easy to make repairs with limited resources on a moving VO65 when all you have is a torch for light.
Following the collision between Vestas 11th Hour Racing and a non-racing vessel in the final stages of the leg into Hong Kong, the organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race (VOR) commissioned an independent report into ocean racing at night in areas of high vessel traffic density – the Volvo High Traffic Density Report. The report […]
Bästa 7 minuterna på hela veckan? The 2017-18 edition of the Volvo Ocean Race changed the game in terms of how sailing is captured – and with drones on every boat, the Onboard Reporters grabbed some of the most epic and stunning footage ever seen from the most remote corners of the planet.
Här har vi den officiella filmen från Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18…
Oct 26, 2014 @ 00:46
Appropå båtmeck; Paul Bieker på Bieker yachts som byggde AC72 catamaranen Oracle flying foils har en lösning på hur man minskar risken för stalling samt ventilation på roder, idén uppges hämtad från knölvalen:
http://www.biekerboats.com/Bieker_Boats/Rudder_Tubercles.html
Här applicerad på en liten trevlig stinger “Riptide 25”:
http://www.biekerboats.com/Bieker_Boats/Riptide_25_files/RT%2025%20Web%20Arrangement.pdf