Velux 5 Oceans - Derek Hatfield snared by Doldrums

12:13 PM Mon 1 Nov 2010 GMT

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Velux 5 Oceans - Canadian ocean racer helpless as race leaders escape. Derek Hatfield said this morning he is 'devastated' to still be in the Doldrums. At the end of last week the 57-year-old was just a few hundred miles behind race leader Brad Van Liew, sights firmly set on escaping the frustrating and unpredictable weather that characterises the Doldrums. But disaster struck for Derek and his Eco 60 yacht Active House just as he was about to pick up the tradewinds once more when the dynamic band of low pressure that makes up the Doldrums moved further south towards ...

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