Velux 5 Oceans - All to play for in final stretch of sprint three

3:47 PM Thu 24 Feb 2011 GMT

'Velux 5 OceansSkipper Gutek rounds Cape Horn onboard his yacht Operon Racing during Ocean Sprint 3, from Wellington New Zealand to Punta del Este Uruguay.' Zbigniew Gutkowski Click Here to view large photo

Velux 5 Oceans and with just over 1,000 nautical miles left to sail to the finish line of ocean sprint three, the race just got even more exciting. After 19 days and 5,000 nautical miles of Southern Ocean sailing including rounding the mighty Cape Horn, the fleet is separated by just 300 nautical miles. Prayers to the weather gods paid off with all four skippers making it round the notorious landfall safely in good conditions. 'For me Cape Horn was unfinished business,' said Active House skipper Derek Hatfield, whose yacht was pitch-poled and dismasted rounding Cape Horn in the 2002/3 ...

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