Solitaire du Figaro - Leg three over, one more to go!

4:47 PM Thu 12 Aug 2010 GMT

'Jonny Malbon arriving for Leg 2' Artemis Ocean Racing &copy

Solitaire du Figaro's penultimate leg finished last night with Adrien Hardy claiming the leg win in a time of two days, six hours, eight minutes and 45 seconds, arriving just after 8.00pm. Jonny Malbon on Artemis finished just one hour, 19 minutes and 45 seconds later in 41st place. The third 349-mile leg of this arduous Solitaire proved challenging with strong winds, rain, less than seasonal temperatures and fog making it hard work for the solo skippers. Jonny undoubtedly found the leg hard work having not fully recovered from leg two when he was forced to hand-steer for nearly the ...

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by Artemis Ocean Racing Press Office