Barcelona World Race - Caffari and Corbella go against the flow



12:49 PM Tue 1 Feb 2011 GMT
'GAES - Barcelona World Race' Barcelona World Race ?
Barcelona World Race - Update from GAES Centros Auditivos. At just over four weeks into the Barcelona World Race, Dee Caffari and her Spanish co skipper Anna Corbella are not having an easy time of it on the Barcelona World Race. Due to the combination of a high pressure system unusually far south and the presence of additional ice gates imposed for safety reasons, the all-female duo have been forced north which has resulted in them battling upwind conditions to make any progress along the race course. The upwind slog looks set to continue for the next couple of days ...


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by Coralie Rassinoux





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