June 8, 2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 1. A group of Portuguese dolphin blow off some early morning energy in the water between Alvimedica, Brunel, and Abu Dhabi. A tricky night of choices, most notably whether to sail north inshore along the coast or further offshore to the west, was made tougher by persistently light conditions and clouds.