Around midday January 27 the boats will enter the middle phase of the second stage of Leg 3 when they round the island of Pulau We and turn south east to take on the notorious Malacca Strait between Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra.
After over a thousand nautical miles (nm) of open ocean sailing from the leg re-start in the Maldives, by contrast the fleet now takes one of the most congested and treacherous stretches of water on the planet.
For the first time race fans will be able to closely follow the fleet for the entire length of the Malacca Strait section via Live Tracker here on volvooceanrace.com.
The Live function will be available when the boats enter the strait at around 1200 UTC tomorrow and fans can access it by opening the tracker as normal and pressing the red ‘Live’ button.
Similarly to the sprint sections in and out of Abu Dhabi, whilst in the strait the boats positions will be updated on the Live Tracker every 60 seconds.
In previous races the uncertain conditions of the Malacca Strait have turned the leaderboard on its head -- frustrating the leading pack and giving trailing teams a lifeline back into contention.
From : Volvo Ocean Race
After over a thousand nautical miles (nm) of open ocean sailing from the leg re-start in the Maldives, by contrast the fleet now takes one of the most congested and treacherous stretches of water on the planet.
For the first time race fans will be able to closely follow the fleet for the entire length of the Malacca Strait section via Live Tracker here on volvooceanrace.com.
The Live function will be available when the boats enter the strait at around 1200 UTC tomorrow and fans can access it by opening the tracker as normal and pressing the red ‘Live’ button.
Similarly to the sprint sections in and out of Abu Dhabi, whilst in the strait the boats positions will be updated on the Live Tracker every 60 seconds.
In previous races the uncertain conditions of the Malacca Strait have turned the leaderboard on its head -- frustrating the leading pack and giving trailing teams a lifeline back into contention.
From : Volvo Ocean Race
