Team Vestas Wind: All Hands on Deck, Episode 5

Published on April 16th, 2015

As Teams Vestas Wind seeks to re-join the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race following the grounding of their VO 65 on November 29, the team has launched a web series to provide updates on their progress.
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In this week’s episode, the refit begins – as the components are gathered together to be added to the boat structure, Team Vestas’ Neil Cox outlines the busy plans for the coming weeks as the team prepares to finalise the boat building before the end of April. Video published on Apr 16, 2015.
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The plan for the team is to return to the race by the Lisbon stopover in late May/early June to sail the final two legs. The fleet is scheduled to start the eighth leg from Portugal to Lorient, France, on June 7.