Video: On board the new Ericsson 3

A taster of next week's full feature on the latest Volvo Open 70

Down in Barcelona this week we had the opportunity briefly to sail on board the new Ericsson Volvo Open 70, the first of two the team will be fielding in this year's Volvo Ocean Race. Ericsson 3 was being sailed by Torben Grael and his team who will progress up to even newer Ericsson 4 when it is launched in June.

Click here to see this short video

We'll follow this up early next week with our full review of the boat and where the leading campaign for this year's race stands at present.