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Team Delta Lloyd push through the gears

After over 4,500 nautical miles of off shore racing, spanning some 16 days through the Indian Ocean, the finish of leg two in the Volvo Ocean Race could not have been closer for any of the teams involved. While Torben Grael and Ericsson 4 romped to victory with more than half a day between them and the second placed boat Telefonica Blue, things were much tighter and lighter for the remainder of the fleet including the Irish Dutch campaign of Team Delta Lloyd. With only 68 minutes separating Telefonica Black, Puma Ocean Racing (+ 22 minutes), Team Delta Lloyd (+ 7 minutes) and Green Dragon (+39 minutes), indications are very strong that the race for the podium finishes will be hotting up over the remainder of the legs.

Limerick man Edwin O'Connor (right), grinds out the sail changes on leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race

Ship’s engineer and sail trimmer, Edwin O’Connor (IRL), tells the tale of the race to Asia where the fleet was bound for Cochin in the southern Indian region of the Kerala coast.