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Photo: Buda Mendes / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Anna-Lena Elled / Team SCA / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Anna-Lena Elled / Team SCA / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Anna-Lena Elled / Team SCA / Volvo Ocean Race |
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Photo: Anna-Lena Elled / Team SCA / Volvo Ocean Race |
"We made it to dock! We made mistakes, we had things go wrong, but we fixed it all and we've made it here, and we're in one piece so we're happy," said the British skipper.
"We proved at the beginning that we could keep up with the others, but then we broke our fractional sail, the sail that we really needed for this leg.
"So we kind of let ourselves down by losing that sail. It was really, really hard; we were frustrated. There was nothing much we could do in certain conditions without our fractional.
"The race became a bit of different challenge from then on."
Team SCA have earned five points to take their overall tally to 29.
The shore crew, working with the race’s Boatyard team, will now have a busy few days ensuring the boat is back to optimum condition ready for the Team Vestas Wind Itajaí In-Port race on April 18 and the Leg 6 departure for Newport, Rhode Island, a day later.
Meanwhile, Dongfeng Race Team (Charles Caudrelier/FRA), who were forced to retire from the leg after breaking their mast on Monday last week, are delivering their stricken boat to Itajaí under sail and motor.
They will have about four days to have their boat repaired in time for the Newport departure.
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