Volvo Ocean Race leg 8. Green Dragon holding on to 2nd place

Great to see Green Dragon and Ericcson 4 battling at the front of the fleet. The lead has changed between the 2 a number of time in the last 24 hours. This is turning out to be of the most exciting legs in the Volvo Ocean race so far. Delta Lloyd is back in 6th place but only about 10 miles behind the leaders.

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Volvo Ocean Race . Leg 8.

Volvo Ocean Race . Leg 8.


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Volvo Ocean Race Green Dragon in front again.

The Volvo race is just so exciting. Green Dragon having been in 2nd is now back in 1st place. As the action heats up Green Dragon has pulled ahead of Telefonica Black yet again. Only 1 mile in it but it seems that the boats and crew are so finely tuned that the difference can be measured in miles.


Green Dragon leads the Volvo Ocean race leg 8

After 42 hours of racing,The Irish entry “Green Dragon” has take a slim lead from Telefonica Black in leg 8 as the fleet passes the channel Islands. Both the leaders are about 5 miles ahead of the rest of the fleet.