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It has been less than 24 hours and the news hasn’t fully sunk in in our minds just yet: Our team has won the third leg of The Ocean Race. Last night, we turned our Southern Ocean dream into reality.

The emotional rollercoaster lasted for 34 days, 17 hours, 10 min, 28 seconds. For 14,714 nautical miles in the 

longest leg of The Ocean Race’s history

, us Malizians stayed hopeful that our sailing crew would turn a challenging beginning of the leg into a success story. Little did we know that we would achieve more than that, and not be held back by further difficulties we faced along the way.

 for a reason: the huge waves, storms, and beautiful brutality of this incredibly remote region make it the 

. Dealing with many ups and downs, our team stayed strong and gave it its all, pushing until the very end. For both our sailing and shore crew, crossing the finish line in the first position felt a bit 

appeared in the Brazilian night warmly welcomed by a cheering crowd, the feeling was quickly taken over by the happiness and joy of seeing our crew coming back safely and as 

Celebrations of a win also meant that the night was marked by 

. After a wave of media requests on the dock, many hugs and a bit of non-freeze-dried food, our team headed to the prize-giving ceremony. About 30 Malizians stepped on the stage for a very proud and happy moment, with our team lifting 

both the Leg 3 and Roaring Forties trophies

A couple of hours later, after finishing interviews and doing a press conference, our sailors headed to their accommodation to find a comfortable and more stable bed than their IMOCA bed bunks. 

, who had stepped off what was her floating home for the last months wrote in a message to her fellow crew members: “Thank you boys for the amazing leg, I miss you already. I’m happy to know that you are all sleeping in the same room as me but all on different floors!”

Whilst the communication team pulled an all-nighter to 

share the news and amazing photos and videos

 of the arrival, the technical team went back to the team house to get a few precious hours of sleep before a

. Once back at the base, they emptied and cleaned the boat, and started the 

 out of the water and on her high cradle, marking the first steps in a two-week long refit period.

Until our racing yacht is back in the water, our sailing crew will head home or on holiday for some days off in Brazil to recover from an intense leg. By then, our team - which has climbed to 

 - will be fully prepared and motivated to take on 

The crowd a team members, friends, race organisers, and journalists on the dock as Team Malizia arrived in Itajaí, Brazil

Team Malizia celebrating their Southern Ocean Leg win in The Ocean Race (c) Sailing Energy / The Ocean Race

Team Malizia celebrating their Southern Ocean Leg win in The Ocean Race

Malizia - Seaexplorer in Itajaí

It’s been less than 24 hours and the news hasn’t fully sunk in in our minds just yet: Our team has won the third leg of The Ocean Race. Last night, we turned our Southern Ocean dream into reality.