Fotogalerie
27.10.2013 / Day 15 / RACE 03
Rio de janEIro, brazil - cape town, south africa
Final three push into Cape Town
With nine yachts now safely berthed in Cape Town, just three boats reindex at sea pushing as hard as they can to complete Race 3.
Earlier in the race, Qingdao and Jamaica Get All Right headed further north than the rest of the fleet to go for the valuable extra Scoring Gate points on offer.
Tactically, the risk didn’t pay off in the end, with the two yachts experiencing lighter winds as they headed south. Qingdao is in twelfth position and due in tomorrow late afternoon and Jamaica Get All Right tenth place and due in this evening.
Mission Performance is still racing in eleventh position and is due in during the early hours of tomorrow.
Jamaica Get All Right skipper Pete Stirling, said he was disappointed but his crew had sailed very well and were consistently matched.
“It comes down to tactics. I made the decision to stay north and go for the Scoring Gate which, at the time, looked like a good call but the weather didn't pan out quite as forecast. We got three points from the Scoring Gate so that's one bonus at least. The crew have developed tremendously and are becoming seasoned ocean racers.”
See the news section of the website here for the latest arrivals news.
To read the Crew Diaries, click here. To read about what the crews will get up to in Cape Town, read the destination guide in the Clipper Race 360 magazine here.
latest boat standings
position / team
dTF
great britain
0M
Henri lloyd
0M
invest africa
0M
onedll
0M
old pulteney
0M
switzerland
0M
derry~londonderry~doire
0M
psp logistics
0M
team garmin
0M
jamaica get all right
31.9M
mission performance
120.9M
qingdao
214m
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