Velux 5 Oceans - Less than one week to go

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10:16 AM Mon 31 Jan 2011 GMT

'VELUX 5 OCEANS - Derek Hatfield' Ainhoa Sanchez/w-w-i.com

Velux 5 Oceans third leg to Punta del Este starts on Sunday, February 6. There is less than one week to go until the start of sprint three of the Velux 5 Oceans round the world yacht race. The countdown has begun to the 7,000 nautical mile leg from Wellington, New Zealand, to Punta del Este in Uruguay. In six days the fleet of international ocean racers will blast out of Wellington Harbour on the next stage of their solo adventure around the planet. Since they finished the gruelling second sprint from Cape Town to Wellington around two weeks, the ...

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