Telefonica Blue won leg three but behind, PUMA has grabbed second place, while the Nordic crew on board Ericsson 3 pushed their stable mates and overall race leader, Ericsson 4 into fourth place for the leg.
Bouwe Bekking from the finish line: “A very happy bunch here on Telefonic Blue. We kept our heads cool today, and as predicted it wasn’t over until close to the finish. We had all the exitement in the last 50 miles, dodging fishing nets, zig-zagging around tugboats, hundreds of commercial ships, and then the wind which was ranging from 20 knots to nearly zero. A real test for all the guys minds, as our nice advantage over the others nearly vanished, but we pulled it off and all the guys did a marvelous job. A better X-mas present we couldn’t have wished for.”
Coming in at night can be tricky. Watch as Ericsson 3 and Telefonica Blue almost collide in the dark.
