The third leg of the Volvo Ocean Race got under way mid-afternoon on Sunday from the V&A Waterfront with seven yachts of similar design and their world-class crews undertaking the 6,500 nautical mile voyage to the finish in Melbourne, Australia. Who will conquer what the forbidding southern ocean has in store is a conundrum best left to the fearless men and women involved in what is deemed the toughest sailing race in the world. This global event is staged every three years. On a hot, clear day with the famed Cape Doctor blowing at 25 knots to cool down the thousands of spectators gathered at Grainger Bay as a brisk start Brunel took an early lead but was soon overtaken by second-leg winner Mapfre. Dee Caffari of the UK is the skipper of Turn The Tide on Plastic and the only female skipper in the race. They have been a little off the pace due to problems over the first two legs after leaving Spain on October 22. In all, the yachts finishing will have sailed 45,000 nautical miles and...
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