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Photo: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Amory Ross/PUMA Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
“We are trying to pass them the best we can using the radar and sailing around the ones we see. Right now we’re in the middle of a bad one, which seems to like us more than any of the others.”
Harrap said the PUMA crew was unsure why they had suffered more than the rest of the fleet but were hoping for better luck as they tried to hold off Chris Nicholson’s fourth place CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand.
“Right now we are just trying to keep the boat moving and sail towards some clear sky,” he said. “We are excepting some fresh upwind sailing in the next few days and we are trying to decide how to position ourselves in relation to Telefónica and CAMPER.
“We will see what happens in the next 24 hours and how it’s going to pan out.”
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Photo: Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
“I wouldn’t have felt so hard done by if we hadn’t had a conservative strategy of staying on Groupama and PUMA’s line 100 miles offshore of the island,” Abu Dhabi skipper Ian Walker said. “Groupama and PUMA sailed on by without missing a beat and we lost 100 miles at least.”
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Photo: Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
However, with more than 1,000 nautical miles to go to Auckland Walker said the Abu Dhabi crew was now determined to hold off Team Sanya and try to catch fourth placed CAMPER before the end of the leg.
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Photo: Nick Dana/Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing/Volvo Ocean Race |
“The wind is building, we are nearly pointing at Auckland. Life isn’t too bad and we’ll try and get there for the weekend.”
At 1300 UTC Abu Dhabi remained in fifth, 63 nm ahead of sixth placed Team Sanya and 119 nm behind CAMPER in fourth. Leg leaders Groupama had 696 nm to go to Auckland and are expected to arrive between 0600 and 1200 UTC on March 10.
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