Barcelona World Race co-skippers Breymaier and Herrmann finish fifth

10:44 PM Sun 10 Apr 2011 GMT

'Ryan Breymaier and Boris Herrmann in Barcelona after their finish in the Barcelona World Race' Jorge Andreu / Barcelona World Race ?

Ryan Breymaier (USA) and Boris Herrmann (GER) crossed the finish line of the Barcelona World Race at 1513hrs (UTC) to take fifth place on a perfect spring Sunday afternoon. In Brittany, the epicentre of solo and short handed ocean racing which is their adopted home area, they had only moved in similar circles but had never even met before they were brought together only last year, united to pursue a dream they both shared. Their first meeting, like a bizarre blind date, was over dinner in Concarneau's Verriere bar, 30 minutes from where Herrmann lived. Today the pre-race poster boys ...

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