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Day 111 Safety first finish for Hugo Boss and FMC in strong winds
After more than 110 days of
racing, Andy Meiklejohn and Wouter Verbraak
were making steady progress this afternoon with less than 100 miles
to the finish concentrating on bringing Hugo Boss
home across the finish line after a slow, problematic period during
yesterday evening and this morning when they were often slowed to
just 5-6kts.
The Kiwi-Dutch duo passed only
six miles west of Dragonera, the west point of Mallorca, this
afternoon and were sailing at just over 10 knots in a building
easterly breeze.
In Barcelona the strong NE’lies
have been blowing since last night and the duo are now expected
between 2300hrs UTC tonight and 0100hrs on Friday morning, looking
to cement seventh place from the 14 teams which started on December
31st.
Just over 120 miles behind are
Gerard Marin and Ludovic Aglaor on
Forum Maritim Catala. The Catalan-French
pairing are expected Friday afternoon in Barcelona, but are also
nursing their IMOCA Open 60 which has some rigging complications.
At just over 3000 miles from the
finish, We Are Water ensured that when
Hugo Boss finishes all of the remaining
race fleet will be in the Northern Hemisphere after they crossed the
Equator are 0845hrs UTC this morning.
“It was a time of great
satisfaction and emotion after three months in the south, the East
Indian, the Pacific and the big South and now every day feels like a
day closer to home.” Wrote Jaume Mumbrú and
Cali Sanmartí this morning.
The finish of Hugo
Boss will be streamed live on
www.barcelonaworldrace.org as will
subsequent post finish interviews with Andy Meiklejohn
and Wouter Verbraak.
www.barcelonaworldrace.org
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