Team SCA Victory in Lorient! Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 Finish (videos)

Team SCA just after crossing the Leg 8 finish line - source: volvooceanrace.com

Victory in Lorient! - Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 finish in Lorient, France - published 11 Jun 2015: The culmination of over two years of hard work came together today for Team SCA, as they crossed the finish line after 3 days 13 hours 11 minutes and 11 seconds to take their first leg win in Lorient.

Celebration in magenta | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015: Skipper Sam Davies and her Team SCA crew struck a resounding blow for women’s offshore sailing in the early hours of Thursday morning when they gloriously clinched Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race. The comfortable victory was the first leg win by a female crew in offshore sailing’s toughest challenge since Tracy Edwards’ Maiden clinched two stage wins in Class D of the 1989-90 race, won overall by Sir Peter Blake’s famous Steinlager 2. Behind them, another fairy-tale was unfolding as Team Vestas Wind closed to a second-place finish in their return to the race after six months out following a collision with an Indian Ocean reef on November 29 during Leg 2. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) all but clinched the 12th edition of offshore sailing’s toughest challenge in the early hours of Thursday in Lorient, when a third place in Leg 8 left them with an eight-point lead in the Volvo Ocean Race with one stage to go. (source: volvooceanrace.com)

Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 finish order: Team SCA first, Team Vestas Wind second, Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing third, MAPFRE fourth, Team Brunel fifth, Team Alvimedica sixth, Dongfeng Race Team seventh.

Volvo Ocean Race schedule:
In-Port Race: Sunday, June 14, 2015
Leg 9 start: Tuesday, June 16, 2015



It's magenta! | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15
Hours before crossing the finish line to win Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race, Team SCA's shore team isn't about to count their chickens before they hatch, but that isn't keeping the butterflies out of their stomachs as the all-female team leads the fleet to Lorient with a 10nm lead.

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Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 Lorient Finish LIVE Recording Video

Live recording: Lorient Arrivals: Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8, the penultimate leg of the race, came to an end in Lorient, with Team SCA coming in first in an historic leg win, Team Vestas Wind placing 2nd, and Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing coming in 3rd, putting Abu Dhabi in an essentially unassailable position to win the race overall!

Volvo Ocean Race - Jun 10, 2015: Team SCA is still leading the fleet as we enter the final hours of Leg 8. With the race being so close, every move, every decision, is key.

VOR fleet nearing Leg 8 Lorient finish on 10 Jun - source: volvooceanrace.com

VOR fleet nearing Lorient Leg 8 finish
source: volvooceanrace.com

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is nearing the finish of Leg 8 at Lorient, France. The sailboats could arrive as early as 4 am UTC [time converter] on Thursday, June 11th--which is 12 midnight EDT (US). JohnTheCrowd.com will post LIVE video of the finish once available from volvooceanrace.com. The women's team--Team SCA--has been leading much of Leg 8, will they finally win a First Place Finish or will Team Vestas Wind claim victory in its return to the VOR after grounding in the Indian Ocean and withdrawal from VOR due to necessary repairs?


Inside Track: Leg 8 #7 | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - Jun 10, 2015: It's looking a bit grim in the Bay of Biscay as the fleet enters the final hours of Leg 8. Broken boats and broken bodies, but Ian Walker and the Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing team can almost taste it.


The Finisterre battle | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 - rounding Cape Finisterre on Day 2 of Leg 8 to Lorient.

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