After a historical come-back in the last few days of sailing, MAPFRE today claimed victory of the eighth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, to recover leadership of the general leaderboard in the round-the-world race.
A new MacGyver-style chapter for MAPFRE. On Sunday, the eighth day of sailing on this new leg from Itajaí to Newport, the Spanish boat informed of an electrical problem, which they had previously suffered in Itajaí two days before the start, and which had reappeared, “In the Boatyard they thought that it had been solved, but it obviously wasn’t,” in spite of swift action and replacing all the parts in Brazil.
At 17:00 UTC (14:00h locally) the start gun sounded for a lengthy and particularly tricky 5,700 nautical miles from Itajaí (Brazil) to Newport (United States).
On Sunday 22nd April at 17:00h UTC, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet will line up on the start line for leg 8
A new victory for MAPFRE in the In-Port Race Series of the Volvo Ocean Race. On Friday, the Spanish team claimed their third in-port victory so far in the race.
