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28.10.2013 / Day 16 / RACE 03
Rio de janEIro, brazil - cape town, south africa
Race 3, Day 16: The final few miles
The last few miles into Cape Town for Mission Performance and Qingdao have been a painfully slow experience.
Light, fickle winds and fog has hindered progress towards the Race 3 finish line for the final two yachts.
Mission Performance skipper Matt Mitchell said it had been a frustrating 24 hours.
“The wind completely died yesterday lunchtime and hasn't really come back since. This coupled with heavy fog has seen some pretty frustrating sailing.
“Now with 28 miles to go, we still have 24 hours at present speed. On the plus side we managed to get a very large portion of our jobs list done, as well as some of the deep clean.”
Thankfully the wind has now freshened and Mission Performance will finish imminently.
Check the website for the latest news.
The Daily Update will resume on 4 November when Race 4 to Albany, Western Australia starts from Cape Town.
To read the final two Skipper Reports, click here.
To read the Crew Diaries, click here. To read about what the crews will see in Cape Town, see 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
0M
mission performance
5M
qingdao
54.7m
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