Aarhus is looking forward to the In Port regatta this Sunday. The good weather has caused the inhabitants of the Danish city to be seen during the last days by the Ocean Live Park to enjoy the IMOCA and VO65 fleet. Precisely the latter returns to The Ocean Race to resume his VO65 Sprint competition. After sailing from Alicante to Cape Verde last January, these boats return to the offshore race.
For the IMOCA fleet, the In Port Series rankings serve as the tie-breaking mechanism for The Ocean Race rankings. The enormous equality at the top of the table makes the results here very important since 11th Hour Racing Team is the overall leader, with just two points ahead of Holcim-PRB and four points ahead of Team Malizia. Precisely the 11th Hour Racing Team is the one that leads the In Port and has the confidence that it has never finished lower than second place in the four regattas carried out to date.
Regarding the In Port this Sunday in Aarhus, The only one that will not participate in the IMOCAs will be Guyot Environnement-Team Europe because they are still in Kiel speeding up the mast repairs. Biotherm will take the start because it is scheduled to arrive in Aarhus this Saturday night. The ground crew is already waiting for the boat, which arrives from Norway after seeing its end of stage 5 shortened, to get it ready and thus, this Sunday from 12:45 p.m., leave the port towards the regatta area and at 14:15 start the In Port.
The first to appear in the Aarhus regatta area will be the fleet of VO65. This Sunday the In Port will start at 12:10, which lasts 45 minutes. He Wind Whisper of the Spanish skipper Pablo Arrarte won the In Port of the first stage and is also the current leader of the competition. Without a doubt, he will be the rival to beat. The forecast for this Sunday is for light winds of 4 to 7 knots, which should consolidate as the day progresses.
