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During the last edition of the race, Team
Vestas Wind crashed into a reef in the middle
of the Indian Ocean, three days away from
Mauritius, the nearest land. Using radio and
GPS coordinates, they were able to report their
positions to Race Control. It was the middle of
the night in shark-infested waters. The cameras
recorded the crash, but ultimately gave out as
the electrical system was overrun with seawater.
There was no way to send a plane, no way to
send a helicopter. Eight hours after the crash, as
the ship began to fall apart, the crew made their
way through the dark waters to a life boat they'd
earlier tied to a rock, then made their way to a
dry part of the reef, where they were picked up
by a fishing boat several days later. Thankfully,
everyone survived.
As a result of climate change, the boats today
are encountering more issues with ice. Ten years
ago, we could tell them with some accuracy what
latitude not to cross. Today, there's much less
certainty. We use our cloud back-end to help us
look at the data in real-time for problems like ice
or severe storms. We create models that enable
us to proactively take care of the fleet. What's
more, we share the data we're collecting with
organizations around the world trying to better
understand the impact of climate change on our
oceans and the weather.
What we do is incredibly exciting, and as we've
seen, it can have real value even beyond the
event itself. And I know that during the 2017-18
race we will come up against some obstacles we
could not have foreseen but we will also uncover
some innovations that otherwise would not have
been possible.
HCl is the official It services partner for the
Volvo Ocean Race.

40

TAkeAWAYS

1

Technology can have a dual purpose.
in the Volvo ocean Race, technology is
used not only to track the performance
of the boats but also to tell the human
stories of their crews to the world.

2

in a brutal and relentlessly demanding
technology environment, ongoing
technology	innovation	is	required	in	
order to respond to rapidly changing
conditions.

3

Facing unforeseen technology obstacles
can lead to innovations that otherwise
wouldn't have been possible.



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