After not enough sleep and almost certainly too many coffees, I began wondering in the early hours of the morning if this whole race is some crazy psychological experiment.  My mood has changed dramatically in recent hours and the reason behind it is eight small lines of data that are sent to the boat every [...]

Our patient Laurent (Laurent Pages/FRA) will never complain, that is not his art, but you can see he is in lot of pain, and most likely out for the rest of the leg. He is not happy, as he has never had a major injury in his life, but we told him we cannot turn [...]

It is one wipeout after another as the Volvo fleet endures yet more heinous conditions as it races towards the scoring gate on leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race to Cochin in India.  PUMA (Ken Read/USA) has crashed off another wave, but, this time, the damage is rather more serious.  “We flew off yet [...]

"How are you Gustav?" Anders Lewander shouts to me when I stick my head up the hatch to throw some water out.  "All good," I answer, pretty satisfied with my work during the morning with bailing and sponging the entire boat and making a very appreciated meal of porridge. How are you Anders?" "Fed up! There [...]