Stanmore-Major claims second in Velux 5 Oceans sprint

4:06 PM Wed 2 Mar 2011 GMT

'Velux 5 Oceans skipper Chris Stanmore-Major onboard his yacht Spartan' Chris Stanmore-Major/w-w-i.com

Velux 5 Oceans skipper Chris Stanmore-Major has dramatically stolen second place in a thrilling finale to the third ocean sprint. CSM was around 200 nautical miles behind race rivals Derek Hatfield and Zbigniew ?Gutek? Gutkowski who were engaged in a fight for second and third positions, just one week ago. But after slowly reeling in his opposition, CSM took advantage of better breeze on his more offshore route up the coast of South America and passed the pair overnight to claim second position. The 1200 UTC position report gave him a lead over third placed Gutek of 36 miles, with ...

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