Where is the southern sea
The Southern Ocean
I don't think there's anything that
we've seen so far that's going to
compare to what we're about to to
encounter
it's the unknown for the people that
have never been down there
you know they've only got what they've
read or heard about the southern ocean
to go by I've never been in southern
ocean I've never seen waves like I think
we're going to see
I mean basically they're going to be
like cliffs if it's a classic Southern
Ocean and man yeah it's shaping up to be
I mean already that yeah we're delaying
the start for two days because we have
one of the biggest weather systems
coming through which had come through
the South Pacific in the last 30 years
this is what the Volvo Ocean Race is
about it's about like five snow iceberg
lots of wind I guess you don't really
know what's going to you the last time
anyone sailed this leg the boat that
really tried to take it safe and slow
down first was the only boat to sort of
finish the leg unscathed and I think two
boats were dis mastered there's no room
for error
when you're down Sal
I do know that life on board is going to
be very hard the physically exhausting
you'll feel here is like nothing else
you ever feel it is really hard to stay
warm down there there's you know we
don't have any heating on board and
everything's wet it's down to stupid
things like making sure you have dry
socks to sleep in I mean if you start
getting frostbite in your feet or
anything like that it's that can turn
into a massive problem out there
sometimes that the conditions on deck
are a lot easier to manage than the
conditions down below there's so many
people down there breathing hot air that
the condensation is incredible so it's
like living in a rain forest really no
one has yet taken a Volvo 65 into the
southern ocean ever so none of us none
of the teams yet know how this boat is
going to fare in those conditions Sam is
going to be the one that will really
have to step up if something happens so
that's that's going to be tough for her
I think it's always that thing at the
back of your mind if something goes
wrong here we're on our own I mean we
are going to be completely dependent on
each other yes for performance but yeah
also for our lives
I'm a little bit scared but I'm also a
bit excited we just have to focus on the
positives you know we're ready for this
this is what we're trained for
