Barcelona World Race - Robust conditions take their toll

7:36 PM Tue 1 Mar 2011 GMT

'Forum Maritim Catala - Barcelona World Race' ? Chris Cameron / DPPI / Barcelona World Race Click Here to view large photo

Barcelona World Race - From the leading duo counting down their final 750 or 800 miles to Cape Horn to those nearly 5000 miles behind fighting to make it across the Tasman to the Cook Strait, the vast majority of the fleet today are either racing in strong winds, or expecting them imminently. Virbac-Paprec 3 and Mapfre, some 78 miles apart this afternoon, are trying to outrun the approach of a fast moving low pressure system, the regenerated, reinvigorated Atu (Atu v2.0?) and escape around Cape Horn into the Atlantic. But it is the fleet?s tail-gunners on We Are Water ...

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