Clipper 09-10 - Spinnaker trouble for three teams!



4:28 PM Tue 8 Jun 2010 GMT
'The Clipper fleet at the start of race 11 from New York to Sydney.' Clipper Ventures PLC &copy Click Here to view large photo
Clipper update: The fast conditions that held for the first 24 hours of the Eagle Spirit Race from New York to Cape Breton have faded and the lighter winds are now providing some interesting shifts in fortune among the Clipper fleet. In Sydney, Cape Breton Island, where the race office is now being established, talk among the town's residents waiting for the fleet to arrive is all about whether their eagle-emblazoned yacht can push their way up through the pack to be the first in Clipper 09-10 to win the race to their home port. They're guaranteed an ecstatic welcome ...


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