Barcelona World Race skippers' Sunday thoughts

12:14 AM Mon 10 Jan 2011 GMT

'Dee Caffari (GBR) GAES Centros Auditivos - Barcelona World Race' Barcelona World Race &copy

Barcelona World Race trade winds sailing in 15-25 knots of wind meets with the universal approval of the skippers today. But it is not necessarily easy. Quotes: Alex Pella (ESP) Estrella Damm: 'Last night we were dealing with the wind direction and we did four or five gybes. We put ourselves more in the west than Mirabaud and that is why we are up on the podium. We have between 20 and 25 knots from the NE. And the boat is going perfectly at around 18 knots. It was a bit of a fight against the high pressure, we are ...

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