Barcelona World Race 2007-2008

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(ahi va un poco de ingles.....)

dice Alex Thomson (Hugo Boss) , hace un año de su rescate (por M golding), tuvo un buen susto, esperemos que este año no le pase nada
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Time: 14.00hrs
Lat: 17.58.12 N
Long: 24.07.48 W
Position: 5th
Av speed: 16.4 knots

Capey and I are in good spirits today as we reached speeds this afternoon of 15.5 knots in 18 knots of breeze - the best sailing so far of the race. Ironically today is the anniversary of my keel failure in the southern ocean, and so its a huge relief to be here and sailing so well... we have just had the latest position report at 2.30pm today which showed us in 5th place which we are more than happy with given that we are not down in the trades yet, where we really expect the boat to perform.
This morning we were flying down waves at over 20 knots with a full moon, feeling on top of the world. For sure the last 12 hours have been some of the best sailing I have ever done and it seems to me a good omen considering the terrible situation I was in a year ago, feeling so utterly helpless, distraught, disappointed and gutted.