Velux 5 Oceans - A neck and neck drag race reports Derek Hatfield

1:55 AM Sat 1 Jan 2011 GMT

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Velux 5 Oceans latest news from Derek Hatfield on Active House, sailing in sprint 2. The Southern Ocean is full of extremes and the last twenty four hours proves it in spades. For the past day, all three of us at the front have been heading SE on strong winds with gusts to 30 kts. Boat speeds have been in the high teens and it has been a neck and neck drag race. About two hours ago I experienced one of the most dramatic transitions in my sailing career. The cloud cover was very low and it was raining; within ...

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by Derek Hatfield