Heineken Cape to Rio - Race update on City of Cape Town



8:28 PM Sun 23 Jan 2011 GMT
'Prodigy - Heineken Cape to Rio Race 2011' Heineken Cape to Rio
Heineken Cape to Rio update. He?s been tipped by one of South Africa?s greatest sailors to go all the way and so far Gerry Hegie has not disappointed in the 2011 Cape to Rio yacht race. Hegie?s 41-ft City of Cape Town, built in 1991, took the lead on handicap on Wednesday when she gambled on sailing well north of the fleet to overhaul the 54ft hi-tech maxi Prodigy and she hasn?t relinquished it. At one stage Hegie?s 1991 Simonis was only nine nautical miles behind Prodigy, which was built in 2006 with a canting keel and is off the ...


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