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Sanya - Started




Our gratitude to the beautiful island of Gran Canaria--the local people hosted us warmly and sent us off with a band and goodbyes. Also thanks to the super-pro ARC organizers, World Cruising.

The Racing Division started at 12:45 UTC and so we are posting this just one hour into the ~2700 mile ARC! As of this moment we are one of three boats, with Rambler and Trifork, that are leading the Racing Division around the bottom of Grand Canaria and into the open Atlantic. The route of Columbus and myriad others following the tradewinds towards The West Indies.

There are 17 of us aboard this aerospace-grade beast of a racing machine, the Volvo 70, Sanya. The vessel is based out of Vlissingen in The Netherlands and 16 of our team speak Dutch... As you may have guessed by now, I am the 17th, an American. The team are being patient while Ik probeer Nederlands te leren spreken! As the Volvo Ocean Race admirably mandates mix gender crews by recently inisting on at least one woman on each crew, we have four! All of the team are in great spirits and soon the watch system will begin as we race through our first night.

Our current status is:
Local Time: 20. november 2016 13:52
Position: 27,55.21N , 15,17.61W
Speed: 12.6 knots, Course: 150 deg.

Almost time for our first lunch of dry camping food!

A safe (and fast) passage to all ARC teams,
Matt, Team Sanya









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