Barcelona World Race in the pits

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7:49 AM Sat 15 Jan 2011 GMT

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Barcelona World Race ship Foncia were first to arrive in Recife, Brasil last night at between 2330hrs and midnight UTC and, according to reports, was on to the crane straight away ready to examine closely and then make the repairs to their sacrificial bow section. Their pit-stop is under way and the clock is ticking, the shore team spurred by the knowledge that their rivals on Virbac-Paprec 3, have still yet to arrive. They will be all fully focused on getting the jobs done as quickly as possible, but the fact that Jean-Pierre Dick and Loick Peyron have been slowed ...

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