Yachting News 6th October 2011
Greetings yachties,
In this issue:
Alicante Qualifying Race,
Global Ocean Race update,
Scuttlebutt USA, – latest issue here,
Scuttlebutt Europe, – latest issue here,
Enjoy
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PUMA Ocean Racing are third team to arrive back in Alicante. Team Sanya expected within the hour, CAMPER and Groupama have around 15nm to go
(Photo Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)
(Photo Credit: Hamish Hooper/CAMPER ETNZ/Volvo Ocean Race)
(Photo Credit: Sander van der Borch/Team Sanya/Volvo Ocean Race)
Leaving Africa astern
On Tuesday night, the north-easterly breeze gave the six double-handed Class40s in the Global Ocean Race (GOR) a taste of Trade Wind sailing conditions. While the race leaders, Campagne de France with BSL in second place, were already stretching away from the coast separated by 29 miles at dawn on Wednesday with the Cape Verde Islands 190 miles off their bows, four boats were still working down the coast of Africa led by Cessna Citation in third consistently averaging 12-13 knots overnight and taking 49 miles from the leaders between Tuesday afternoon and dawn on Wednesday. In fourth place, Financial Crisis dropped back 26 miles behind Cessna Citation during the same period, trailing the New Zealand-Spanish team by 84 miles on Wednesday morning with Phesheya-Racing and Sec. Hayai trading fifth and sixth place furthest north and closest to the African coast.
