Barcelona World Race

The entire 9 boat fleet is heading south with all showing double digit speeds. Appropriately leader Paprec Vibrac 2 is fastest at 16 knots as all but one boat (2nd place PRB) is over 100 miles behind. Leading skipper J.P. Dick says, "Three of the boats have separated (Paprec-Virbac 2, PRB and Véolia) It’s a great race and it looks like its going to get exciting."

4th place Delta Dore had a fast and lively nite according to Sindey Gavignet, "Coming out of the islands Delta Dore was sailing for over an hour at constant speeds of 20 knots, never any less. A whole hour of between 20-23 knots! It isn’t something we will probably do again…"



Co-skipper of the leading boat Damian Foxall gives this preview of the race to the equator and Doldrums, "The strategy is going to be important now in that we line ourselves up correctly, without going too far west. The further west we go the further we are away from the direct route but if you go south too quickly you can also fall into the lighter winds on the east side of the doldrums." Currently Delta Dore is at 25 degrees longitude, the VP 2 at 26 and PRB at 27, so the options are in play.