Cayard ‘Round the Horn to Big Whitbread Lead
An American has never won sailing’s supreme test, the Whitbread Round the World Race, but San Francisco’s Paul Cayard has a stranglehold on it after winning the most difficult leg by more than 500 miles.
Cayard, 38, brought the Swedish-sponsored Whitbread 60 EF Language with half an American crew into Sao Sebastiao, Brazil, early Tuesday morning at the end of the fifth and most difficult leg, a 6,670-nautical-mile sail through the icy Southern Ocean from New Zealand around Cape Horn.
It was his third victory in five legs.
About two days behind, fighting strong head winds and opposing currents, Baltimore’s Chessie, with Dee Smith as “guest skipper,” was trying to grind down Holland’s Brunel Sunergy for second place and second overall.
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