VOR: Leg 6 dockside in the early morning
Leg 6 winner, Team AzkoNobel, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean race finished in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Auckland, New Zealand. Five of the six boats finished within 25 minutes of each other – which was quite remarkable considering they had been over 20 days at sea.
Here is a gallery of shots taken as the boats arrived around 2.00am NZT – with quite a reasonable sized crowd considering the early hour and that it was in the middle of the working week.
Skipper Simeon Tienpont after winning Leg 6, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, © Richard Gladwell
Third placegetter MAPFRE beats at the end of Leg 6Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Fifth Placegetter Skipper Dee Caffari (GBR) interviewing, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Bianca Cook (NZL) pleased to be home – Turn the Tide on Plastic, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Dongfeng skipper Charles Caudreiller (FRA) 4th place Leg 6, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Blair Tuke welcomed home by his family, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
SHK Scallywag and MAPFRE second and third placegetters Leg 6 Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Peter Burling (Team Brunel) is interviewed by NZ media at 3.00am after 20 days at sea. Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Bianca Cook (NZL) Turn the Tide on Plastic, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Libby Greenhalgh, Navigator, SHK Scallywag second placegetter, leg 6, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
SHK Scallywag skipper David Witt being interviewed after placing second, Leg 6, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
Olympic Gold Medalist, Martine Grael, Leg 6 Winner Team AzkoNobel, Volvo Ocean Race – Leg 6 Finish, Auckland, February 28, – photo © Richard Gladwell
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