Velux 5 Oceans - Brad Van Liew in front again

10:47 AM Tue 9 Nov 2010 GMT

'VELUX 5 OCEANS Skipper Zbigniew 'Gutek' Gutkowski of his yacht, Operon Racing, whilst on the first of five Ocean Sprints in the VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010.
Photo credit: Gutek/onEdition' Velux 5 Oceans &copy

American Brad Van Liew is out in front again after exciting weekend in the Velux 5 Oceans. It was a tense weekend of nail-biting action as the leading boats battled it out for first place. After hunting down race leader Brad Van Liew and closing the gap between them to just 22 nautical miles going into the weekend, Polish skipper Zbigniew Gutkowski led the fleet for the first time since leaving La Rochelle three weeks ago. With Brad to the south, Gutek was able to take a more direct route towards Cape Town, effectively cutting the corner off the route ...

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