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"It feels pretty nice, to be honest," said Bekking, the team's offshore skipper and inshore tactician.
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Bekking and his blue boat were first into the trade winds, and as such, added to their advantage over the first 24 hours.
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'We almost hit a whale this morning,' quips Bekking, who in his daily reports from the boat, reinforces that moral remains high in spite of the problems and a sense of perspective is being kept.
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Bouwe Bekking confirms readiness for Qingdao in-port race - Volvo OR
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The fleet is now split over 400 nautical miles with Ericsson 3 in the north and Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking / NED) trapped in painfully light airs in the south.
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And, whilst Bekking believes they have managed to get this latest issue under some semblance of control, they are doing their best to avoid any unnecessary risks.
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Bekking and his comrades now find themselves faced with sailing the second half of the race - including the potentially brutal Cape Horn - with a broken forestay, a crack in the mast and a mainsail that might prove more useful in the galley should anything need a sieve.
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Bekking and his comrades find themselves faced with sailing the second half of the race - including the potentially brutal Cape Horn - with a broken forestay, a crack in the mast and a mainsail that might prove more useful in the galley should anything need a sieve. ...
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With a jury (temporary) stay in place, comprising strops and halyards, the worst seemed to be over - albeit with some further serious limitations placed on performance, as Bekking describes: 'upwind and any reaching closer than an angle of 120 degrees from behind we are truly compromised.
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Bouwe Bekking confirms readiness for Qingdao in-port race - Volvo OR
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