Ian Walker’s face looked like it had aged 10 years, his red-raw eyes maybe 20. But his Volvo Ocean Race homecoming was worth the effort, marked by his Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s Leg 1 triumph in Cape Town this afternoon.
Walker’s boat ‘Azzam’ has led, apart from one brief interlude, pretty much all the way from the halfway point of this 6,487 nautical mile, 25-day marathon slog through the Mediterranean and Atlantic from Alicante to Cape Town. Read More
