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<\/a><\/p>\nApproaching to Sicilia we caught a 20 litre plastic can with some ropes wounded on our forward rudder and keel. We had to stop later on at night to cut it off losing 1 mile against our opponents. Unfortunately some rope remained on our fins and that caused heavy vibration. After the sunrise\u00a0when the wind has dropped\u00a0at Taormina we had to stop completely and start diving to get rid of the ropes.<\/p>\n
Due to this action we’ve lost our good position and 3 boats\u00a0easily\u00a0overtook us (B2, Varuna, Mascalzone Latino).<\/p>\n There were very light and tricky conditions with fast changing current. We had to do our best in the building\u00a0southeasterly\u00a0breeze to catch them at Messina. Only B2 has still some advantage.<\/p>\n We’re sailing near to Stromboli right now (20:00 local time) in a 8 kt southeasterly with 1A. Our aim is to lead the chasing group and keep the good position in IRC and ORC.<\/p>\n We hope that the breeze will keep on and there will be no more unexpected issues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a good start moving away from Malta our aim was to stay as\u00a0close as possible to the leading group – Rambler,\u00a0Phaedo3 and\u00a0Momo – in the same weather system. Approaching to Sicilia we caught a 20 litre plastic can with … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n