Barcelona World Race - Back to reality, back to life for skippers

7:55 PM Fri 4 Feb 2011 GMT

'Central Lechera Asturiana moored in Cape Town - Barcelona World Race' Ruvan Boshoff Click Here to view large photo

Barcelona World Race - There was a certain ?morning after the night before? mood evident among the skippers who were contacted by audio and video today. It was not just the bleary eyed tiredness - the inevitable product of more than forty-eight hours of intense on-the-edge racing in very difficult, unstable conditions and very big confused seas which had prevailed in very different sections of the fleet, but there was also a very obvious measure of relief: satisfaction to have their campaigns still firmly intact, competitive and on course which was immediately apparent. When the going gets really tough - ...

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