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17.09.2013 / Day 9 / RACE 02
Leg 1: Race 2 Day 9: Competition heats up as fleet head towards the Equator
As the 12 strong fleet competing in the Clipper 13-14 Race head further south towards destination Rio de Janeiro, it’s not just the temperature that’s heating up but the competition too.
With temperatures already reaching over 30 degrees on board OneDLL, a misjudgement of the wind direction saw the team slip into fifth place overnight. It was however a triumphant night of tactical sailing for Qingdao with the Chinese entry moving into fourth place.
While the Northern Irish entry, Derry~Londonderry~Doire, continues to extend its lead in the race, Henri Lloyd have once again been enjoying some very close racing with current third place Mission Performance. With just a mile separating the two entries, the next 24 hours will be crucial to the positions at the top of the leader board.
Skipper of Henri Lloyd, Eric Holden, reveals how holding onto second place is proving to be a race all of its own. “Last night we spotted the white stern light of Mission Performance dead ahead in the distance. As dawn approached we had moved to within 7 miles. All day long we had them in our sights and slowly, sometimes agonizingly slowly, we have been gaining on them.
“It is 0500 UTC now and we are virtually neck and neck with Mission Performance and the lights of Derry ~Londonderry~Doire have just appeared on the starboard bow, so this is really turning into a three boat sprint out in front. The excitement continues.”
You can keep an eye on the fleets progress by checking the Official Race Viewer here. To catch up with all of our skippers, you can read the daily skipper reports here
Ollie Coterell
Good Morning OneDLL fans! It’s getting hotter... Yesterday the temperature peaked into the thirties in the galley with the outside temperature at 27. This is very different by all accounts to the weather in the UK at the moment, and very different to the glorious weather we left London in a little over two weeks ...
latest boat standings
position / team
DTL
dTF
DERRY~LONDONDERRY~DOIRE
3001.6M
MISSION PERFORMANCE
3022.4M
HENRI LLOYD
3023.5M
QINGDAO
3089.5M
ONEDLL
3123M
INVEST AFRICA
3130.7M
GREAT BRITAIN
3150.5M
PSP LOGISTICS
3162.2M
jAMAICA GET ALL RIGHT
3177.5M
SWITZERLAND
3228.4M
TEAM GARMIN
3249M
OLD PULTENEY
3327.2M
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