LIVE Video Replay, Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 Start From Lisbon

Live recording: Leg 8 start - Lisbon, Portugal, to Lorient, France - 647 nautical miles

Voyage into the unknown | Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015: “...There are light winds chasing up the Portuguese coast, but by the time we get to Cape Finisterre, it should be a dead beat to Lorient, and probably quite windy, over 30 knots,” he says. He is banking on plenty of upwind sailing. “It’ll be interesting as we haven’t had a lot of upwind in this race. We don’t really know what the pecking order is in these conditions, so it could be a very different leg to the others.” The race is intriguingly poised with Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing, on paper, able to clinch overall victory if results go their way when the boats arrive after three to four days of sailing..."

Volvo Ocean Race, Leg 8 - Lisbon to Lorient, Positions at: 7 June 15:43 UTC source: volvooceanrace.com

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Volvo Ocean Race, Lisbon In-Port Race Video, Leg 8 Start Sunday

Saturday's Volvo Ocean Race In-Port Race from Lisbon, Portugal--Live Recording video above

Volvo Ocean Race, Lisbon Leg 8 Start (source: volvooceanrace.com)

Volvo Ocean Race, Lisbon Leg 8 Start, Sunday, June 7th at 14:00 local (13:00 UTC), Lisbon, Portugal--Leg 8 - Lisbon, Portugal to Lorient, France  647 nautical miles
Estimated arrival in Lorient of the boats:  from June 9 to 12, 2015, depending on conditions--Volvo Ocean Race meteorologist Gonzalo Infante:

The first European leg takes you through the Bay of Biscay, which is always a sailing milestone. In the last edition, the boats went through one of their worst storms just before arriving in France so do not underestimate these 647 nautical miles. In 2015 the fleet will go straight and not around the Azores as we did in 2011-12. A very fast leg then? Not for the first miles, as they will have to beat upwind. The Spanish coast can steer things a bit with some thermal effects on the northwesterly winds. Then the Bay of Biscay is always interesting. It can be very windy if a good storm is coming from the North Atlantic; it can be very light if a low pressure just went across the Bay.

Google says it would take 324 hours to walk from Lisbon to Lorient--how long will it take the Volvo Ocean Race fleet to get there?

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