Race Update 5: Fleet head across the North Sea
At the 0600 GMT positions, as the fleet head across the North Sea, the battle for first place overall on corrected time is hotting up. Overnight Statsraad Lemhkuhl (Norway) has made excellent progress and moved up into second place behind Christian Radich (Norway) who continues to lead the fleet overall on corrected time. Sørlandet remains in third.
On the water Alba Explorer (UK) is streaking ahead of the fleet and is due to cross the finish line at 1750 GMT at her current rate. Christian Radich and Statsraad Lehmkuhl are also due to cross the finish line later this evening or early tomorrow morning.
Class B is currently being led by Stina Mari (Norway) with Morning Star of Revelation (UK) moving up to second place and Jens Krogh (Denmark) in third. However, no report was received from Jolie Brise this morning but the Communications team understand that she has a battery recharging problem at the moment and is therefore still very much in the race.
Behind Alba Explorer in Class C on corrected time is Black Diamond of Durham (UK), with Spaniel (Latvia) remaining in third. Rona II (UK) has held on to her lead in Class D on corrected time, with Lietuva (Lithuania) in second and Urania (Netherlands) in third.
The weather forecast indicates that the wind is set to remain with a good sailing breeze, south east, moderate to fresh, backing slightly to east south east over the next 48 hours.
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