Clipper 09-10 San Francisco to Panama - Day 18



1:41 PM Sat 8 May 2010 GMT
'Start of leg eight - Clipper 09-10' Erik Simonson:h2oshots.com
'Time for a good old fashioned drag race!' exclaims Brendan Hall, skipper of Spirit of Australia. 'Four boats within spitting distance of the finish, in roughly the same breeze and with equally determined crews. It doesn't get more exciting than this.' He's not wrong there. For the Australian team, who thought yesterday that they would end up with a mid-fleet position when the finish line was brought forward, a third victory in Clipper 09-10 is back on the cards. Careful passage planning, not taking undue risks and looking after equipment are the things the Brisbane based skipper puts down to ...


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