Race: Volvo Ocean Race

This probably won't be my last shout out to this race before it's over. Right now the boats are heading past the coast of Africa and aiming for the trade winds on their first leg. Racing has been tight though from today the spread of the the 7 boat fleet has gone from less than 10nm after five days racing to nearly 30.

They are pushing out a load of videos also - all viewable on their website.

There have been lots of lead changes over the last few days and it can be followed on their rather snazzy app - below is a iPhone5 screen shot. Personally I'm shooting for SCA (all girls, was leading a couple of times but currently at the back) and DongFeng (mostly grizzled round eyes but a couple of Chinese sailors on board) who were at the back of the pack but are currently leading.

Here's a longer video introducing some of the sailors and teams.