Volvo race heading for pirate waters?

[Viking]

The second leg of the Volvo O.R. is now heading north towards 'pirate-waters' I see they have also include a 'stealth zone' in this area. Will that include blacking out the 'tracking' system? Interesting times ahead!

 

[snooks]

The way they are breaking them, and the size of the fleet, I wonder if there will be any boats left for any pirate to find

 

[Sans Bateau]

You can just picture it, pirate skiff tries to stop one of them and they get a "out of our way! We're racing!" call from the cockpit.

 

[st599]

They're not sailing that bit. They're making for a rendezvous with a yacht transporter which will carry them past Somalia.

 

[Koeketiene]

The second leg of the Volvo O.R. is now heading north towards 'pirate-waters' I see they have also include a 'stealth zone' in this area. Will that include blacking out the 'tracking' system? Interesting times ahead!

From here:

The threat of piracy in the Indian Ocean has become so severe that organisers have had to redraw the route for this leg and the boats will now make their way to a safe haven. They will then be transported closer to the finish line for a sprint into Abu Dhabi.

 

[snooks]

A RTW race by ship! How novel

Just as well they fleet wasn't bigger than 6 boats then

 

[Martin_J]

They still have to be at the rendezvous by a certain date/time.. The notice of race does not appear to give a second option...

http://www.volvooceanrace.com/static/assets/content/media/files/m7499_leg-2-addendum-111207.pdf

In sailonline.org we're sailing the whole leg to Abu Dhabi!