"The Russians walloped us over the past 24-hours and the A6, AKA 'the lemon' was to blame. It's quite depressing, and bitterly frustrating, to be passed as quickly as we were, but not know sail crossovers is one of the difficulties with a late entry programme. We are learning," wrote navigator Matt Gregory.
They suffered damage to their rig 10 days out from the start, when the starboard jumper (part of the rig) was fell out of the rig and bounced down the deck, narrowly missing the crew. It took the crew 12 hours to make a repair, which was effective even in the heavy westerly gale.
Ger O'Rourke says his crew will have a full day and a quarter to rest and relax before they set about the long job list which has to be completed before the fleet takes off again, on November 15, this time bound for Cochin in India.
The next boat to finish will be Telefónica Black in approximately 14 hour's time.
Leg One Finishing Order into Cape Town
1. Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael / BRA)
2. PUMA USA (Ken Read / USA)
3. Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander / SWE)
4. Green Dragon IRL / CHN (Ian Walker / GBR)
5. Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED)
6. Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/ AUT)
7. Delta Lloyd IRL (Ger O'Rourke / IRL)
Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4: 14 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA: 13 points (FINISHED)
3. Green Dragon: 11 points (FINISHED)
4. Telefónica Blue: 10 points (FINISHED)
5. Telefónica Black: 6 points (RACING)
6. Ericsson 3: 5 points (FINISHED)*
7. Delta Lloyd: 4 points (FINISHED)
8. Team Russia: 4 points (FINISHED)
*leg one scoring
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