#weareteamsca

Dee and Sophie talk about getting washed off the foredeck (Dee) and the wheel (Sophie) while racing in the South Atlantic. April 2, 2015. Source, source.

Apologies for my not obsessing properly about the Volvo for the last several days. For those who follow the race vicariously via my fanboying, a summary of recent events is below the cut.

An interview with Sam Davies shortly after they rounded Cape Horn. They’re cold and tired, and the wind is building -- 25 knots during the interview, 32 knots a few hours later in the latest tracker update, with a possibility of 50 or more tonight.

The SCA YouTube channel hasn’t been posting the videos being uploaded from the boat as much since they eased off the throttle; maybe the sponsor doesn’t want to promote the fact that they’re choosing not to compete and falling behind? It’s a bummer if that’s the case, because it’s a compelling story nevertheless.

Thank god for sailworld.nz. They apparently have managed to stay on the right side of the (foolish and aggravating) policy by the central VOR media operation that reserves the raw uploaded videos only for “official broadcasters”. And if you’re willing to wait a day or two, they usually post the full videos in the raw form they come off the boats.

So here’s a few minutes of SCA video from a few days ago, now reaching the world for the first time, no thanks to misguided gatekeepers in Alicante and Stockholm.

I love the cute horseplay on the stern. I suspect the main point of it is just to try to stay warm. It’s super cold down there.

Sophie explains what happened to her during the unplanned gybe yesterday.