Marco Nannini- Closing the gap and battling it for the lead of the Global Ocean Race

Who would have imagined that in the third and most symbolic of legs, heading for Cape Horn, we would be battling for the lead of the Global Ocean Race. The storms of the early part of this leg seem now a distant memory, two boats retired in huge seas and 50 knots winds. Today in the southern depths of the Pacific Ocean at 55 degrees south, on the edge of iceberg territory we are sailing in sunshine, flat waters and just enough wind, 6-8 knots, to keep moving. Most importantly today marks a massive come back for us, we closed a 284 miles gap to Cessna Citation and at the last position report we were trailing the brand new latest generation boat skippered by Conrad Colman by less than 2 miles. Giving us a chance to restart in the middle of the Ocean.

Admittedly the weather has helped us in this feat, a ridge of light airs slowed down the leading boat whilst we kept more wind and closed in, but now it’s all game again, we are in the same winds and battling for the lead of the race, I would have never imagined this to be possible, the spirits are high and we are enjoying the moment.

A massive thanks to the new wave of contributions to our racing budget through the webpage www.marconannini.com/help.

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