Tight fight to Itajai
Tight fight to Itajai
Wednesday April 4 2012
Author: James Boyd Location: none selected
STOP PRESS (1654 UTC): Groupama has dismasted. As Puma and Groupama continue their match race, so this morning in the Volvo Ocean Race Telefonica has closed to within 57 miles of the leaders and Camper has docked in Porto Montt. Abu Dhabi has announced their retirement from leg 5. The line-up for the America’s Cup World Series in Naples has been announced – but with no Aleph or Green Comm. Ben Ainslie has pulled ahead after day two of the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma. In the glamorous dust-up at the Voiles de St Barth, Mayhem is ahead among the IRC52s. There was a breezy day for the RYA Volvo Youth Nationals in Wales. Cessna Citation has taken the lead in the Global Ocean Race.

