#VOR - Change is afoot within the MAPFRE camp at the Spanish entry in the latest Volvo Ocean Race takes stock after their last-place finish in the first leg from Alicante to Cape Town.
As the official VOR website reports, the Spanish yacht ran into a virtually windless patch of sea in the shadow of Table Mountain, allowing the women of Team SCA to nab sixth place last Friday (7 November) two days after Abu Dhabi won Leg 1 by a matter of minutes over Team Brunel.
The first casualty of the poor result is Michel Desjoyeaux, who steps down as watch captain on board but will remain with the team's onshore crew.
The two-time winner of the Vendée Globe said the decision "is a shared one", going on to cite "strong personalities" as "one of the parameters to manage in the Volvo Ocean Race. You've got to orchestrate everything."
Navigator Nico Lunven will also make way for Jean-Luc Nélias, who plotted Groupama's course to VOR victory in 2012.
The VOR website has more on the story HERE.
