Barcelona World Race leader faces Canary Islands dilemma

9:54 AM Sun 27 Mar 2011 GMT

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There is little change expected for the Barcelona World Race five leading boats today, the targets are straight forward sailing to maximum boatspeed upwind, milking the wind pressure for maximum power and keeping a weather eye on the speed and angles of the nearest opposition. For Virbac-Paprec 3 the Canary Islands become an issue today and the choice is either to to hitch to the north this morning to avoid Tenerife which has a substantial lee, not least from Spain?s highest peak the volcanic Teide peak (3717m/12198ft), or to thread a passage through, but judging by what Loick Peyron was ...

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