Volvo Ocean Race: Team Vestas Wind Abandoned on Reef After Grounding - gCaptain Maritime & Offshore News:
"Charles Caudrelier, skipper of Team Dongfeng notes in comment,
“We are offshore in the middle of nowhere, and on the chart, if you don’t go on the maximum zoom you can’t see anything.”
The Volvo Ocean Race skippers are relying on electronic charts to make their way around the world and in this case, the limitations of such charts appear to have let them down.
“When I was looking at the navigation a few days ago, checking these things, it took a long time for me to find them,” adds Caudrelier.
His team narrowly missed the rocks thanks to a last-minute gybe."
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