Les Voiles de St. Barth - Getting down to the wire

12:29 AM Sun 10 Apr 2011 GMT

'Les Voiles de St. Barth' Christophe Jouany / Les Voiles de Saint-Barth Click Here to view large photo

Les Voiles de St. Barth - As if to ensure that competitors had seen all the beaches and sights that St. Barth has to offer, race officers today sent the 48-boat Les Voiles de St. Barth fleet on its final circumnavigation counter-clockwise around the eight-square mile island: a 30-nautical mile course for the Maxis, and a 23-nautical mile course for the Racing, Racing Cruising, Classics, and Multihulls. This morning, rain clouds scudded over the island, which by the 1100 start time caused some impressive shifts in wind direction and velocity on the right side of the race course. Once around ...

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