Shore Crews: In the Trenches.

The Ocean Race's technical director, Neil "Coxy" Cox, says that the shore team element is critical to success in the IMOCA GLOBE SERIES races. He ensures that each team has everything it needs to enable it to hit the ground running at each stopover. The condition that the boats leave Brazil, as they set sail for Newport, will go a long way to determining the eventual outcome. The skippers and sailors involved in this race will already have learnt how to sail their foilers at a level that they could not have reached as single-handers.