Heineken 2011 Cape to Rio day four round-up report

8:33 PM Tue 18 Jan 2011 GMT

'Prodigy - Heineken Cape to Rio Race 2011' Heineken Cape to Rio

Heineken 2011 Cape to Rio shows Prodigy, skippered by Durban?s Chris Frost, has taken an early stranglehold in the yacht race by staying in the lead for line honours and also moving into first place on handicap. The 54ft hi-tech yacht is equipped with a canting keel that enables the boat to swing from side to side in pendulum style so that it remains upright in a breeze, which gives it a considerable advantage over the rest of the 16 yachts in the 3,320 nautical mile (nm) race to Brazil. After yesterday afternoon?s update from race headquarters at the Royal ...

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by Marcus Reuter