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13.12.2013 / RACE 05/ Day 10
Albany, Western Australia - Sydney, New South Wales
The fight to win the final points in Race 5 continues
After a triumphant finish to Race 5 yesterday which saw Henri Lloyd claim the line honours and 12 points, the reindexder of the fleet is focused and upbeat as the race to Sydney, Australia is far from over.
With Old Pulteney due to finish shortly, the second half of the fleet reindex in full racing mode, with its sights firmly on the competition. With Invest Africa and Team Garmin continuing to fight for ninth place, skipper of Team Garmin, Mark Burkes, summed up the competitive spirit on board as the reindexder of the fleet hunt them down.
“For the last few days we have been stalking Invest Africa and our tussle for a place at the tail end of the fleet is no less fraught and a hard-one just because we won't be getting any silverware.”
Simon Talbot, skipper of GREAT Britain which is currently in eleventh place also reindexs optimistic.
“We still have Invest Africa and Team Garmin within about 50 miles of us, so we still have a chance at a little last minute pursuit, but as the miles to Sydney decrease, our chance at catching and overtaking them diminishes - but that will not stop us trying.”
It was a challenging 24 hours for Mission Performance which experienced it’s very own ‘kitemare’ after the team tried to perform a kite drop swapping from its lightweight kite, ‘Bruce’, in favour of the medium weight kite ‘Brian’. Skipper Matt Mitchell, describes the disastrous result.
“There was a resounding rip, and the whole middle section of ‘Bruce’ split wide open, causing the foot of the sail to go in the water. All hands (all ten) were called and we started to try and retrieve the bottom half of the kite, as well as pull down the top half which was still attached to the index section by the tape lines.”
PSP Logistics was the final entry to complete the Ocean Sprint yesterday; however it was all in vain as OneDLL’s impressive time of 18 hours 03 minutes could not be beaten. This means that in Race 5 OneDLL will be awarded a total of 13 points after claiming second place yesterday (winning 11 points) and 2 points for the Ocean Sprint, placing them second overall on the leaderboard.
latest boat standings
position / team
dTF
Henri lloyd
0m
onedll
0m
qingdao
0m
switzerland
0M
derry~londerry~doire
0m
jamaica get all right
0m
old pulteney
0m
mission performance
47.7m
team garmin
118.3M
invest africa
118.3m
great britain
153.3m
PSP LOGISTICS
212.7m
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