“We start every watch with one hour grinding, sometimes two….”
“I was really down…..”

More words from the crews to match some of the best pictures from leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race from China to New Zealand.

In the third of our Volvo Ocean Race video documentaries from the stopover in Auckland, Louis Balcaen and Rokas Milevicius from Team Brunel put words to their team pictures.

Also, Dongfeng Race Team’s stand in navigator Erwan Isreal describes the pressure he was under on a tricky leg while Jang Jiru ‘Wolf’ explains the ideas behind his image diary.

See May 15 issue of YW for the full feature on life behind these extraordinary pictures – on sale 9 April