I’m not sure that two major ocean races is better than one (after all, there are only so many hours to waste in a day). But what are you going to do? In addition to the Volvo (see below), this weekend sees the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, the classic two-hander from Le Havre to San Salvador. This thing is always a flat-out, crew-killing sprint, which more than occasionally morphs into a total demolition derby. Here’s a preview of the monohull fleet, which has 12 Open 60s and 7 Open 50s starting tomorrow. The multihulls, all 18 of ’em (ten of them Formula 60 tris), start on Sunday. It’s going to be a crowded North Atlantic over the coming week. Hope the commercial skippers are ready for some crazy sh*t…
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