Barcelona World Race - The race against the clock on land has begun

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10:19 AM Sat 15 Jan 2011 GMT

Team Foncia

Barcelona World Race - Michel Desjoyeaux and Fran?ois Gabart arrived in the commercial port of Recife (Brazil) at 00:30 (local time). The two sailors were towed into port and greeted by Foncia?s shore crew, who are now racing against the clock to repair the boat?s sacrificial bow. The aim is for the sailing team to get on their way again as fast as possible, so as to take up where they left off in the Barcelona World Race. It?s an aim they share with the former leader of the fleet, Virbac-Paprec 3, she too performing a pit stop in Recife ...

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