The longest stage of the VOR will cross first waters of the Mediterranean to soon leave by the Straits of Gibraltar towards the Atlantic Ocean way the Brazilian coast and course towards Cape Town in South Africa. One is one of the most technical stages where first they will be had to sail the 310 miles by waters of the Mediterranean with unstable and variable winds.

When crossing the Straits of Gibraltar, will begin the reduction towards latitudes of the South in the direction of the Canary Islands. In the African coast a low relative pressure is generated that it invites to sail near earth to offer a favorable direct course, but miles out to sea the wind blows a little more fort. The formation of Trade winds can allow to choose to leave all the archipelago to starboard or to port.

Also it is necessary to know how to fight with the doldrums after happening through the Cape Verde Islands. In the intertropical convergence zone nothing is foreseeable and therefore the positions of the boats can vary enormously following the luck or the good one I dye of the navigators. This strip of calm usually extends enters parallel 4 North and Ecuador, and the key is to look for a point where it is narrowest possible. It is necessary to take advantage of the clouds that circulate of this the west, knowledge to distinguish humid clouds (with water and wind) of the droughts (little loaded of water and without wind) and to take advantage of them. The radar is a great aid to do it.

Soon Fernando de Noronha arrives and the famous anticyclone from Santa Elena. The Brazilian islands, paradise of the diving, act as of flying goal of this first stage. After them the work and the strategy continue playing a fundamental role because there is to know how to draw for the anticyclone of Santa Elena who interposes in the South-east course towards Cape Town. The temptation to begin to gain east longitude is great, but it beams before time you are catched in the anticyclone, where you sail with less wind and inadequate courses.

Finally the approach to Cape Town is delicate and depends on the storms that usually form to the south. Right in their neighborhoods thermal winds form that must be considered since so soon they blow with much intensity as they produce long encalmadas.