Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12: Telefonica brace themselves for first defeat as Groupama make hay I'm not enjoying where we are but that's what happens in yacht racing. It's frustrating. Once we headed south, it's been pretty good sailing so we can't complain. It's a long leg and not a very inspiring course especially having to sail the greatest distances. We weren't ready for that so it's been a long leg but we have 1200 miles to the finish and that could be a decider. It will be interesting. Unlike some of the boats in the fleet, the food stocks on Telefonica are plentiful and no one is going hungry but the time it will have taken to complete the leg from Sanya will put pressure on both the shore and sailing crew to prepare the boat in time for the in port races starting on Wednesday. Such a short stopover before the toughest leg of the race, from Auckland through the Southern Ocean round Cape Horn to Brazil, is bound to create disgruntled rumblings across an exhausted fleet. Ideally, organisers will look again at the in port racing programme, Cape said, and reassess. It's pretty tight so if they could leave some of that stuff out, it would be great. We get in on Sunday and then start again on Wednesday with a practice race. I don't know how difficult it would be and it's hard but I'm sure some of the other teams will have something to say about it.