Foxall heading for home waters in ‘Volvo’

IRELAND’S Damian Foxall is racing in home waters today as the six boats of the Volvo Ocean Race pass the south and west coasts as part of the 1500-mile Leg 8 from Portsmouth to Rotterdam.

Speaking to the Irish Examiner by Satellite phone from the navigation station on board Ericsson, the Kerry sailor reported excellent weather close to the rigs of the Kinsale Gas field.

“We’re 40 miles off Cork and enjoying flat water and boat speed is improving,” he said. The fleet has been virtually becalmed since starting this leg on Friday evening.