Team Brunel skipper Bouwe Bekking sits in front of the nav desk, face warm with the glow from the illuminated screen. “New Zealand is down here,” he gestures, with a smile. “So we’ve actually been sailing away from it.”
Huh? Onboard Reporter Stefan Coppers prods his boss. Surely that can’t be the correct choice? “We’re going in the right direction!” says Bouwe, emphatically. “The other guys kept going, and of course that’s a way shorter distance – but we think in the long run, about 7 or 8 days, that the northerly route will pay off.” Read More
