Video: Huge waves catch Camper off guard in Volvo Ocean Race ... two weeks after avoiding whale encounter Footage released by race organisers not long before Camper finished third behind Groupama, showed Nicholson and Co dealing with some almighty waves as the boat hurtled towards the Brittany coast at over 25 knots off the Bay of Biscay. "I was driving and got a massive wash of the wheel, fell back and hit Nick [Burridge] and Salty {Rob Salthouse] who both got pretty badly bruised legs," Nicholson said.. There were one or two waves which could have seen tears at the bottom, but we did get one of them, which did see tears at the bottom. Watch other near Volvo Ocean Race horrors. . .