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Race viewer at 10.20 this morningFat Cat, John Winter’s 24-metre Morelli, is 163.1nm from the finish line and due to cross at about 7.30pm tonight. She’s romping along at 14.30 knots. Next to finish will be Michael Reardon’s Tripp 78 Blackbird at 8.00am tomorrow morning; Blackbird is currently 234.7nm away.
Swift, a Bavaria 36 heading down to join the Horizon Yacht Charters fleet here at Nanny Cay, is 631nm behind Fat Cat and travelling at a more sedate 5.70 knots.
Dennis and Heidi on Centime are turning back yet again. Centime, who have been delayed in Beaufort after experiencing mechanical issues shortly after the start, have been forced to return to Beaufort only one day after re-starting.
Dennis reported his disappointment in an email to Rally Control:
“All,
We ran into some unexpected weather in our gulf stream crossing last night and suffered some damage. The stack pack took a wave and ripped out of the mast sending lines everywhere, the solar panels flew off and ripped apart the bimini and the autopilot crashed. Other than that, all’s well, and no one got hurt. I guess Centime was not quite ready for prime time this year after all! We are heading back to Beaufort for some significant repairs, but we did manage to get the autopilot running again.
VERY disappointed!!!
Dennis”
