Velux 5 Oceans skipper Gutek battles with issues in ocean sprint 5

5:23 PM Tue 17 May 2011 GMT

'Operon Racing - Velux 5 Oceans' Richard Walch/ Velux 5 Oceans

Velux 5 Oceans Polish skipper Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski has had a difficult start to ocean sprint 5 which left Charleston SC for La Rochelle, France on Saturday. At around 130 miles behind race leader Brad Van Liew already Gutek's latest interview reveals that he has been battling with a catalogue of issues, some of which still need to be resolved before he can get back on the pace. On Saturday night Gutek's position meant he hit some bad weather that the rest of the fleet avoided. 'The thunderstorm made me slower; the worst thing was that the wind was constantly ...

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