Heineken Cape to Rio 2011 - Latest from Race HQ

8:20 PM Fri 4 Feb 2011 GMT

'Xtra-Link - Heineken Cape to Rio 2011' Heineken Cape to Rio

Heineken Cape to Rio - Despite a diversion in mid-Atlantic to help another yacht which had run out of water, Dale Kushner?s Xtra-Link arrived in Rio on Friday morning to take third place on handicap in the Heineken Cape to Rio yacht race. Xtra-Link is the fourth boat to cross the finish line in Rio and could still take second place overall if, in the unlikely scenario, Mike Robinson?s Ciao Bella hits a big hole and doesn?t pitch by Saturday. Gerry Hegie?s City of Cape Town, the overall winners of the race, arrived on Tuesday morning. Commenting about the dramatic ...

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by Jeanne van Rooyen