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Clipper 09-10: Fog and sail damage make things tricky



10:32 PM Tue 22 Jun 2010 GMT
'Hull & Humber crew have breakfast in a foggy Atlantic' Clipper Ventures PLC &copy
Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Race 12 to Kinsale, Ireland. It's been 24 hours of tricky navigation and careful helming in thick fog as the Clipper 68s continue to pursue Cork across the Atlantic to her home port on the Emerald Isle. Not only that but fast downwind conditions have taken their toll on spinnakers and there have been several reports of kite damage across the fleet. Skipper Chris Stanmore-Major says, 'Today has been a curious journey through an eerie half-light world out here on Newfoundland's Grand Banks. The heavy fog which descended over the entire fleet last night ...


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