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Volvo Ocean Race

On board Leg 6

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Mike Pammenter on deck with Abu Dhabi in the distance onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Adam Minoprio shy’s away from the salt spray onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean grinding at sunset on the first day of the leg onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Roberto Bermudez De Castro playing with the display instruments while Dasryl Wislang drives onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean finally finds time for a drink at sunset after the start onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Navigator Will Oxley keeping a close eye on things in the nav station onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Abu Dhabi from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Mike Pammenter working on the foredeck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Mike Pammenter, takes a compass bearing of Abu Dhabi onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang checking sails onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Will Oxley keeping an eye on the weather onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson checks below deck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Daryl Wislang helming at sunset with Abu Dhabi still in the back ground with the burning flames of oil rigs onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Dolphins play alongside Camper from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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All action in the pit during a sail change onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson surveys the broken tack line onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The broken tack line onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Sunset onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Crew on the foredeck during a sail change onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang heads up the mast to look for wind onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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A visitor onboard makes friends with Roberto Bermudez De Castro onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The silhouettes of Stu Bannatyne and Adam Minoprio at sunset onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The towering clouds hovering over a windless CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Abu Dhabi alongside CAMPER as both boats approach huge clouds from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang on the helm with Abu DHabi right alongside onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Stu Bannatyne and Daryl Wislang get ready to go on deck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Tony Rae calling the wind onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Stu Bannatyne keeps an eye on the wind from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson keeping an eye on the breeze and the cloud action onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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A line up of CAMPER Seamars onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Stu Bannatyne driving in very light evening wind onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Will Oxley keeping a close eye on the competition

Will Oxley looking forward to Puma, with Telefonica off our port side onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

CAMPER has a close encounter with a container ship

A 280 metre tanker crosses only a few hundred metres ahead of our bow onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Watch change on deck at sunrise onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Puma in the distance from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Stu Bannatyne keeps a close eye on the opposition

Stu Bannatyne using the binoculars to check on the sails of Puma ahead from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang takes a bearing check of Puma from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The crew catch up during a busy moment on deck during a watch change onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Tony Rae onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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On deck after dark Daryl Wislang and Tony Rae onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

The CAMPER crew stack their weight aft as they battle with Telefonica

Full crew weight aft in a tight battle with Telefonica onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Rob Salthouse with ritual number one- putting on sunscreen every frm onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Shifting the stack pre gybing onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Watching Telefonica crossing just in front of our bow onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Telefonica just ahead at sunset of day 7 onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Speed onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Tony Rae glances back at the crew on the stack onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

fair weather on deck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Mike Pammenter on the main watching the water over the deck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Stu Bannatyne fully focused not he helm onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Another wave of water washes down the deck oonboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Roberto Bermudez de Castro and Will Oxley as some positive skids come in onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Roberto Bermudez De Castro, checking an email delivered onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The constant flow of speed data onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson and Roberto Bermudez De Castro look over to Puma onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Adam Minoprio checking the sail trim onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The crew on deck onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Line up to life onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Adam Minoprio and Mike Pammenter grinding a reef into the mainsail onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Stu Bannatyne and Rob Salthouse with the foot down onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang buries the bow in a flood of white water onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean on the main grinder surrounded by water onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Roberto Bermudez De Castro on the main grinder surrounded by water onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The stern moving through the water at over 25 knots onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson monitoring Puma just a few miles away from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

CAMPER buries her bow in a wave during Leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race

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Andy McLean drying off and cooling down while on the grinder onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson getting a bearing on Puma in the distance onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Rob Salthouse and Stu Bannatyne asleep in the heat below decks onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

All hands on deck during a sail change onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Stu Bannatyne onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Chris Nicholson Rob Salthouse, Will Oxley onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean on deck as we head into the setting sun onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The brightly lit night sky of the Super moon from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The brightly lit deck from the Super moon from onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Daryl Wislang and Tony Rae eating their lunch of sweet and sour chicken in sync onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Tony Rae and Rob Salthouse shifting the stack again onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Navigator Will Oxley and Skipper Chris Nicholson onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean trimming with the Turks and Caicos Islands in the background onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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The sunsetting on the bow onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Adam Minoprio asleep inside a sail bag on the foredeck at dawn onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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All hands on the foredeck doing a sail shift onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean at the mast which instruments show the extent of the boat speed onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

Rob Salthouse, Adam Minoprio and Stu Bannatyne searching for wind onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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A view from the front in no wind onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Rob Salthouse asleep amongst a full light wind forward stack onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson in the navigation station onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Andy McLean and Roberto Bermudez Decastro sleep in the stifling heat down below onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Tony Rae asleep in the oven like bow of the boat onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Freshly shaven navigator Will Oxley onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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Skipper Chris Nicholson looking at Puma just ahead on the horizon onboard CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand during leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12, from Itajai, Brazil, to Miami, USA. (Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)

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