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ARE THEY ARRIVED?

by m 6/15/2012 9:28:42 AM
@m nt quite yet

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:29:06 AM
They have an experience Paddy on Board!

by Kevin 6/15/2012 9:29:08 AM
Question is not who's going to win but who will be the runner up.

by Michael Stroh 6/15/2012 9:29:37 AM
Paddy?

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:29:41 AM
THANKS @JACOB

by m 6/15/2012 9:29:44 AM
@micheal starch, you have a fair point

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:30:03 AM
they allready shamed us in NZ... those frogs are tough

by torvik 6/15/2012 9:30:14 AM
What's the expected date of arrival?

by MJ 6/15/2012 9:30:16 AM
Paddy..the Irishman!! damian Foxall

by Kevin 6/15/2012 9:30:30 AM
Paddy = Irishman

by huzar 6/15/2012 9:30:43 AM
in a matter of hours mj

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:30:43 AM
ahh i am an embarressment to my irish heritage

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:31:14 AM
Maybe he should have been playing against spain last night!

by huzar 6/15/2012 9:31:18 AM
Hey all sailors, be sure that Britany is welcoming all six boats like heroes! (perhaps with a slight preference for GPMA? ;)) Amazing race

by Oliv Ye 6/15/2012 9:31:39 AM
We are sailors...not football players!!

by Kevin 6/15/2012 9:32:14 AM
u tell him kevin

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:32:37 AM
Im aware of that Kevin!

by huzar 6/15/2012 9:32:50 AM
Thanks gang.....get to Galway...it's a great town.

by Kevin 6/15/2012 9:33:57 AM
Groupama: best sailors, best team dynamic, impressive rookies, deserve overall win (not made yet though). Ken Read, best showman, most empathic leader onboard. Telefonica, had everything to win, massive advance on first legs, but lost temper in Lisbon inport which cost them a 360°, decided to make it or break it on this one, latin temper by excellence, did not turn their way, overall strategy pb .... Camper, solid team but never cut the grade, leadership pb ? Abu: best in port, probably Ian Walker is best tactician. Sanya shows that even a former VOR winner can't make it with the right machine. Ur views ?

by michel 6/15/2012 9:36:39 AM
Camper's speed is way better than Puma's one. Just a matter of angle?

by Pierre-Louis 6/15/2012 9:37:01 AM
most of it ryte michael, maybe groupama a little bt wrong

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:38:47 AM
Michel, agree with your global insight, I would add that Groupama is daring in terms of routing options what also pays off...

by Edouard 6/15/2012 9:39:40 AM
i wouldnt say groupama has the best sailors, jst the best teamwork which has payed off immensly

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:40:26 AM
We've just had the two-hour call for Groupama's arrival into Lorient. Strap in, it's going to be crazy!

by Volvo Ocean Race writer 6/15/2012 9:40:26 AM
Michel, "best sailors" will be better demonstrated with one design boat (although for those who know Cammas, Coville, Foxall, Nelias and co, a VOR podium is not a surprise)

by Oliv Ye 6/15/2012 9:41:04 AM
the most exciting finish is going to be between puma and camper, yet the finish that will decide the most is sanya and telefonica, i think groupama and abu dhabi are set in stone

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:45:59 AM
This just in from Hamish Hooper on CAMPER:
"I think its fair to say we have run out of race track to catch Groupama unless something goes very wrong on their boat, so our focus now is the match race to the finish with Puma. We need to finish ahead of them. We are still flying along averaging mid 20 knots of boatspeed. Lorient is getting closer by the minute."

by Volvo Ocean Race writer 6/15/2012 9:50:15 AM
when are the boats expected to finish?

by jay 6/15/2012 9:51:17 AM
Am I the only one hearing fragments of music every now and then, as if someone from Livestream is playing around with buttons

by Captaink 6/15/2012 9:51:19 AM
Is it me or is Tele heading further and further south? With only one rudder surely a gybe onto port is going to be very costly.

by Tobes 6/15/2012 9:51:51 AM
could tele possibly have some more issues

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:52:59 AM
@jay Groupama are expected to arrive in around 90 minutes

by Volvo Ocean Race writer 6/15/2012 9:53:03 AM
earlier someone rated the crews if you have been following you will see camper is a knot or three of the JK boats a lesser group of sailors would be a lot further back

by hootie 6/15/2012 9:53:13 AM
Yes Camper looking good at present, better wind angle, yes great sailors

by Kevin 6/15/2012 9:54:10 AM
it could be that there are alot less differences between the boats than people realise @hootie

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:54:17 AM
I raised that point earlier Tobes.

by Mark 6/15/2012 9:54:34 AM
Tele has been trending south ever since the incident looking at the tracker. Maybe they are just relying on the heading breeze closer to the land...

by Tobes 6/15/2012 9:55:01 AM
Would love to have seen Emirates Team NZ get a hold of The Telefonica boat in its prime and see what it could do. Love the Camper boat but think those boys deserve better.

by Ashleigh NZL 6/15/2012 9:56:06 AM
still along way off nd if they continue to head south they wnt be off the french coast anymore

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:56:13 AM
now that wud b interesting

by Jacob 6/15/2012 9:56:34 AM
Can someone please explain to me what the difference is between a Juan K boat and Camper?

by Jacob NZL 6/15/2012 10:00:13 AM
Jacob NZL....1st Place!

by Ashleigh NZL 6/15/2012 10:01:24 AM
WOuld be good to have some live camera action of finish,Go Camper

by Pwilly 6/15/2012 10:01:48 AM
someone also commented on Sanderson a previous winner and that even he could do no better in this one,you are forgetting one small point he has an old worn out boat.In leg 2 he was miles ahead of the rock stars until quick thinking prevented the mast coming down just like Steinlarger !! Then in the Southern Ocean again leading with smart sailing give then the latest generation and see the results which I would say would be right up front.

by hootie 6/15/2012 10:01:57 AM

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