Barcelona World Race goes on as Foncia regains the lead

6:45 PM Sat 8 Jan 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race. Now firmly into quick downwind tradewinds sailing after the Canary Islands, the lead of the BWR swapped again this afternoon not long after Michel Desjoyeaux and Fran?ois Gabart gybed on to a more southerly course on Foncia. While Jean-Pierre Dick and Lo?ck Peyron carried on, the leaders for the last five days, investing a more westerly track on Virbac-Paprec 3, the more direct route south towards the equator computes as an immediate gain for Foncia, the other half of the leading duopoly. The well organised, well established tradewinds will offer some four days or so or very ...

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