Heineken Cape to Rio Race - 28 January 2011 positions



3:49 PM Fri 28 Jan 2011 GMT
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Heineken Cape to Rio - Day 13, 28th January 2011. Barring an unforeseen disaster, Prodigy will take line honours in the 2011 Heineken Cape to Rio yacht race early Monday morning. Skipper Chris Frost had earlier predicted a finish as early as Saturday evening, but this was unlikely given the earlier decision by Frost and his navigator Wolf Seitz to sail too far south where they pointed their nose into the high and then skirted around it. Most of the 17-yacht fleet have reported an Atlantic Ocean that is still lumpy and cross swelled. City of Cape Town, skippered by ...


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by Marcus Reuter





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