Fotogalerie
13.10.2013 / Day 1 / RACE 03
Rio de janEIro, brazil - cape town, south africa
Race to Cape Town starts with strong winds and seas
The twelve Clipper Race yachts have left Rio and are in some strong winds and seas already en route for Cape Town in the 3,390 mile South Atlantic challenge.
Old Pulteney crossed the line first ahead of Derry~Londonderry~Doire, closely followed by PSP Logistics at the start of Race 3.
It was Henri Lloyd that progressed from fifth across the line to pass first round the windward mark with Derry~Londonderry~Doire and Old Pulteney in hot pursuit.
The fleet departed the Rio 2016 Olympic sailing venue, Marina da Gloria before a parade of sail in front of Copacabana and Ipanema beaches.
The yachts are now on a reach headed south east where they will continue for several days before moving east under the South Atlantic high.
Olly Cotterell, skipper of OneDLL, said the racing was very close out of Brazil.
“The crew have had to work hard over the last 12 hours. The winds were light in Rio calling for large amounts of sail but soon as we pressed offshore the winds built as did the seas. The crew did a good job at reducing sail as we pressed OneDLL towards the south.
“The South Atlantic High is not really in its normal position right now and the fleet is going to have to go a lot further south to get the favourable westerly winds than the previous race.”
17 miles separates leaders of the fleet PSP Logistics from twelfth placed yacht Switzerland. To see how the fleet are progressing, click here for the Race Viewer. To read all the skippers' reports, click here.
latest boat standings
position / team
dTF
PSP LOGISTICS
3138.7M
JAMAICA GET ALL RIGHT
3143.6M
GREAT BRITAIN
3143.7M
MISSION PERFORMANCE
3143.8M
qingdao
3145.4M
old pulteney
3147.1M
TEAM GARMIN
3147.1M
DERRY~LONDONDERRY~DOIRE
3148M
henri lloyd
3151M
invest africa
3152.3M
onedll
3154.9M
switzerland
3155.4M
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