At midnight on Saturday (28/03), the Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet ran straight into a wall of light breeze with speeds plummeting from seven knots to three and four knot averages with Jeremy Salvesen and David Thomson on Team Mowgli hanging on to the breeze longest to the west of the double-handed race leaders. Over the past 24 hours, the fleet have compressed with both second placed Desafio Cabo de Hornos and Team Mowgli in third taking distance from the lead held by Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer with the Chilean duo of Felipe Cubillos and José Muñoz reducing the deficit by 11 miles and Salvesen and Thomson taking 14 miles from the Germans since light airs trapped the fleet on Saturday... read more @ http://portimaorace.com/
