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Puma fourth into home port of Boston
01:38 GMT Monday, April 27, 2009.

Having been the bridesmaid so often, leg six was one that PUMA’s skipper, Kenny Read would particularly have liked to win. However once again, it wasn’t to be and the team finished in Boston today at 23:12 GMT (18:12 local) in fourth place.

PUMA Ocean Racing, skippered by Ken Read (USA) finish fourth on leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Rio de Janeiro to Boston, crossing the finish line at 23:12:42 GMT 26-04-2009.

Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.

PUMA began leg six in the lead, after finishing second in the Rio in-port race, but quickly dropped to seventh the following day. The first third of PUMA’s leg was spent in the second division, up until day seven when they pulled back up into third place.

Flirting regularly with the podium position right until the end of the leg, if Kenny Read was disappointed at finishing fourth, he certainly didn’t show it and an appreciative home crowd had gathered at Fan Pier in Boston, to welcome home their team.

"It’s good to be home," he said. "It feels like a long way we’ve been already. This is not exactly the result we wanted, but it’s great to be here."

Speaking about the leg itself Read said, "Nothing seemed to go our way. I wish I could say it was the boat, but we just kept tripping over little things. It was just one of those legs, but now we get to hang out with our family and friends."

Read was complimentary about the leg winners, Ericsson 4, when he said, "They don’t seem to make any mistakes, we have to give them credit, good for them. Congratulations."

Navigator Andrew Cape talked through their tactics, saying, "These races are never easy. With two boats in a line, it is always going to be tactical. We did our best, but it didn’t work out. You make your own luck, but it didn’t go our way. Even after the first day, we had to claw our way back. It may have looked like we weren’t positioning ourselves well, but we knew where we were going and what we wanted to do."

The next boat is expected to finish in approximately six hours time.

Leg Six Finishing Order Boston
1. Ericsson 4: 8 points
2. Ericsson 3: 7 points
3. Telefónica Blue: 6 points
4. PUMA: 5 points

Casey Smith up the mast, onboard PUMA Ocean Racing, on leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Rio de Janeiro to Boston.

Photo © Rick Deppe / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.

Casey Smith up the mast, onboard PUMA Ocean Racing, on leg 6 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Rio de Janeiro to Boston. Photo copyright Rick Deppe / PUMA Ocean Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.

Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael / BRA) 77.5 points (FINISHED)
2. Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking / NED) 64.5 points (FINISHED)
3. PUMA (Ken Read / USA) 64.0 points (FINISHED )
4. Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson / SWE) 53.0 points (FINISHED)
5. Green Dragon (Ian Walker / GBR) 42.0 points (RACING)
6. Telefónica Black (Fernando Echávarri / ESP) 25.0 points (RACING)
7. Delta Lloyd (Roberto Bermúdez / ESP) 18.0 points (RACING)
8. Team Russia 10.5 points (DNS)

PUMA Ocean Racing currently in 4th place, approximately 80 miles from the finish of leg 6 in Boston.

Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.

PUMA Ocean Racing currently in 4th place, approximately 80 miles from the finish of leg 6 in Boston. Photo copyright Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.

Scoring Gate Results Fernando de Noronha
1. Telefónica Blue - 19:58:56 GMT 16.04.09 - 4 Points
2. Ericsson 4 - 22:55:36 GMT 16.04.09 - 3.5 Points
3. Delta Lloyd - 23:28:32 GMT 16.04.09 - 3 Points
4. Puma - 23:29:31 GMT 16.04.09 - 2.5 Points
5. Telefónica Black - 23:42:20 GMT 16.04.09 - 2 Points
6. Ericsson 3 - 00:14:28 GMT 17.04.09 - 1.5 Points
7. Green Dragon - 01:27:26 GMT 17.04.09 - 1 Point

Visit www.volvooceanrace.org for all the latest news!

The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008 with in-port racing, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia for the first time in the history of the race.

Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, stopping at 11 ports and taking nine months to complete, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier yacht race for professional racing crews.

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