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The Ocean Race Leg 7 Day 6: Nobody will be breaking any records on Tuesday

by The Ocean Race 20 Jun 2023 15:59 BST 20 June 2023
The Ocean Race 2022-23 - 19 June , Leg 7, Day 4 onboard Team Malizia © Antoine Auriol / Team Malizia / The Ocean Race

Nobody will be breaking any records on Tuesday in The Ocean Race. Light winds mean speeds are still modest for both IMOCA and VO65 fleets as they slide down to the south along the west coast of the Iberian peninsula.

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"It would be nice to be going faster," said Team Malizia's Will Harris, as his team has taken advantage of the lighter winds ahead to claw a few miles back on Team Holcim-PRB and Biotherm. "It's a long way to Genova. It's not a leg to be underestimated. I think anything could happen right up to the finish. There will be lots of opportunities to catch up...

"It's a lot more tactical in these conditions. You still have to sail the boat as fast as possible and remember that everyone is dealing with the same conditions. It's about how you overcome it."

In the VO65 fleet, it's WindWhisper Racing Team who have done some very good work to maintain a lead of nearly 60 miles over the next four boats, all of whom are grouped together in a chasing pack separated by less than 20 miles.

"Last night was quite difficult. The wind was up and down and left and right, so it was hard work for the crew to keep the speed up, said Gerwin Jansen from Austrian Ocean Racing - Team Genova. "Today we expect to be sailing close to the Spanish and Portuguese coasts and doing a lot of gybing to stay in the wind."

The forecast is for the generally light conditions to continue although from a favourable north-northwesterly direction until the boats are through the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday.

And on Wednesday, the first boat is expected pass the Vasco da Gama Mirpuri Foundation latitude (37-degrees north), earning a prize that will be awarded to the team's navigator in Genova.

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