Barcelona World Race - Huges waves for top three



7:33 PM Sat 12 Feb 2011 GMT
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Barcelona World Race - While second and third placed Mapfre and Estrella Damm were this morning enduring their most challenging sea conditions during their final miles in the Indian Ocean, at the back of the fleet, almost ninety degrees of longitude behind, We Are Water?s Cali Sanmarti and Jaume Mumbru were facing up to a long spell with very light breezes and very slow speeds. Contacted by their shore team this morning, the Olympic medals winning duo Iker Fernandez and Xabi Martinez, spoke of ?waves like mountains?. Pepe Ribes from third placed Estrella Damm, a veteran of three Volvo Ocean ...


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