News Missing trade winds for The Ocean Race Published on January 25th, 2023 Cape Verde (January 25, 2023) – While a formidable forecast more than lived up to expectations for the first leg of The Ocean Race, delivering heinous upwind conditions with 50 knots and more, the five IMOCAs begin Leg 2 today under different circumstances. The hope is the forecasts are a bit wrong again as the 4600 nm course from Cabo Verde to Cape Town, South Africa begins slowly. The route for Leg 2 takes the fleet south out of Cabo Verde, across the Equator close to the…