JAMAICA slips to 5th

Having led this race for 12 days JAMAICA has slipped to 5th following a number of problems documented by crew member Dinshaw Avari in these pages over the weekend. Those unlucky incidents have been compounded by the very strong winds they have experienced sailing up the coast of Taiwan. Both the boat and the crew have taken a heck of a battering.

Hull & Humber and New York appear to have come through the weekend’s heavy weather sailing most successfully, at the cost of Jamaica and Uniquely Singapore who have dropped down the leader board.

JAMAICA skipper Simon Bradley says,

“Having lost the lead that we held for about 12 days we are now fighting to get it back. No doubt like the rest of the fleet we are licking our wounds after a couple of tough days, the weather took its toll on both crew and yacht, but we never give up on JAMAICA – One Love!”

JAMAICA now find themselves 45 miles off the lead sailing into the Eastern China Sea. Over the next 24 hours they will be taking a left turn past Shanghai to sail into Qingdao. But with over 500 miles to go, there is still plenty of time for them to climb back up the leader board.