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It's in the bag now
Copyright Clipper Ventures PLC 2010
Spirit of Australia’s fifth-place finish in Race 12 of Clipper 09-10 means they stand on the brink of clinching overall victory in the 35,000-mile race around the world. The team now needs just one point from the final two races to guarantee that they will lift the Clipper Race Trophy when the fleet returns to the Humber, UK, on 17 July.
In drenching rain the Boxing Kangaroo appeared through the mist in the final approach to the Race 12 finish line in Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland, and, as they finished at 0938 local time (0838 GMT) the team cheered and hugged each other in celebration.
Skipper Brendan Hall, from Brisbane, said, “That was a really fast crossing. Fantastic sailing – it was great just to tick down the miles of our final ocean crossing so quickly. By our own standards not our greatest result but I take great satisfaction in knowing that, even though we came fifth, we’ve still mathematically pretty much wrapped the race up with two races to go.
“But we will race hard and we will put our all in these two last races but I think it will mean that the pressure we put on ourselves might be slightly less.”
It's in the bag now
Copyright Clipper Ventures PLC 2010
Spirit of Australia’s fifth-place finish in Race 12 of Clipper 09-10 means they stand on the brink of clinching overall victory in the 35,000-mile race around the world. The team now needs just one point from the final two races to guarantee that they will lift the Clipper Race Trophy when the fleet returns to the Humber, UK, on 17 July.
In drenching rain the Boxing Kangaroo appeared through the mist in the final approach to the Race 12 finish line in Kinsale, Co Cork, Ireland, and, as they finished at 0938 local time (0838 GMT) the team cheered and hugged each other in celebration.
Skipper Brendan Hall, from Brisbane, said, “That was a really fast crossing. Fantastic sailing – it was great just to tick down the miles of our final ocean crossing so quickly. By our own standards not our greatest result but I take great satisfaction in knowing that, even though we came fifth, we’ve still mathematically pretty much wrapped the race up with two races to go.
“But we will race hard and we will put our all in these two last races but I think it will mean that the pressure we put on ourselves might be slightly less.”