Barcelona World Race - Return of the phantom menace?

7:08 PM Mon 17 Jan 2011 GMT

'Mapfre- Barcelona World Race' Mar?a Mui?a

Barcelona World Race - A week may be a long time in politics, but for the Barcelona World Race fleet, this third week of racing is likely to see the route down the southern Atlantic present more questions than answers. Current predictions have the fleet leaders reaching Gough Island and just after it the first of the course?s seven safety gates, next Monday evening. The heaviest burden of questions is imposed on the current race leader, Estrella Damm. Their relatively direct routing towards the waypoint, essentially down the direct SE?ly diagonal, has them fighting though the most disturbances as they ...

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