To go across the Baltic Sea was straightforward. I was happy since this kind of situation was generally favourable to me in the past legs. Looking at weather forecast, I saw that we would have to go upwind all the time. Which were your game tactics during this leg? But the competition was rude and skippers as B6324S do not allow you to make too much mistakes. In fact I was the leader at overall ranking since the end of leg 5 but never managed to win a leg. Wonderful! And I would add that at last I did it… Winning this last leg has a very special taste. You are also the skipper with the least points in total in the overall score and invited to the final challenge together with the rest of the top 20, how does it feel? Here is the interview given by the skipper as he stepped on the dock in St Petersburg.Ĭongratulations for winning leg 10. If only the first 9 legs count for the overall ranking, there was a 10th one just as in the real race. Very simple: one jibe and wake up at 6:00.Ħ:10 How is it possible? B6324S is 3 milles behind! What could happen? Did he go aground? The strategy was so simple for the night… How could it be? I will probably never know why. I stay! I will do my best until the end!Ģ3:00 I am third. His tactic was clearly the best… What to do now? Is it worth to spend more time? I remember B6324S’ words when he told me about a very bad start in leg 8 which he finally managed to win. One mille will make all the difference at the end. Flabellina is on the same path as B6324S, at best wind angle… less than 1 mille behind. Flabellina crosses B6324S’ path half a mille behind! I have to wait for 10 minutes to hoist code 0 and head up too.Ģ1:00 We are out of the Öresund. B6324S is still on the left and much closer to the land! Since I went aground on leg 8, I am very nervous when Flabellina is close to the land…ġ8:30 The tactic of B6324S at Öresund entrance was much better. We approach the Öresund.ġ8:00 We bear away and hoist the spi. B6324S is half a mille on left, a little behind. The Öresund will decide in a few hours the winner of this long adventure.ġ7:00 We are heading south at more than 16 knots. Eight months but at the beginning of the leg 9, it just looks as nothing happened before. B6324S and Flabellina are tied for first place.

Here is the story of the decisive leg 9 from Marstrand to Stockholm. Probably it would have been a little bit more difficult… In fact there was another virtual race in parallel which was dedicated to Volvo employees. Certainly it is not the real Volvo Ocean Race! A little bit too expensive… It is not even the public virtual Volvo Ocean Race organized by Many Players and won by Powerof7.

Volvo 65 boat for virtual skipper 5