Barcelona World Race - Considering the Cook Straits

8:04 PM Wed 9 Feb 2011 GMT

'F?rum Mar?tim Catal? in the Indian Ocean - Barcelona World Race' FMC

The Barcelona World Race leading group may be ready to reflect on their passage across an unusually lenient south Indian Ocean but the tail enders of the fleet have been dealing with a punishment which is more perhaps more typical. The top five boats will already be considering their passage to the Cook Straits which looks set to be influenced by the timing of a high pressure system which may give favor to the second and third placed Mapfre and Estrella Damm, cost some miles to the leaders Virbac-Paprec 3, and possibly more to Groupe Bel and Renault ZE Sailing ...

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