{"id":6241,"date":"2011-12-18T12:30:33","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T10:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/sailing-gamble-puts-outsiders-sanya-ahead-in-ocean-race\/"},"modified":"2011-12-18T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T10:30:33","slug":"sailing-gamble-puts-outsiders-sanya-ahead-in-ocean-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sailing-gamble-puts-outsiders-sanya-ahead-in-ocean-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing-Gamble puts outsiders Sanya ahead in Ocean Race"},"content":{"rendered":"

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CAPE TOWN<\/span> Dec 18 (Reuters) – Chinese outsiders
\nSanya zoomed into the lead on leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race on
\nSunday after a spectacular gamble helped reinvigorate the stage
\nfrom Cape Town to Abu Dhabi.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

All six teams had been frustrated during the leg by a cold
\nfront lying tantalisingly in front of them, hampering the
\nfleet’s progress with rain squalls and unstable winds.<\/p>\n

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Sanya are the only one of the six teams not racing in a
\nlatest generation boat and are lucky to be sailing at all after
\na collision forced them out of leg one.<\/p>\n

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Unable to compete with the newer boats on pure speed, they
\ndecided on Saturday to turn back on themselves and head sharply
\nnorth in search of better weather and within 24 hours the move
\nhad taken them to the front.<\/p>\n

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However, there is a lot of risk involved. They could yet
\nface massive 40-knot headwinds with their only escape route cut
\noff by an anti-piracy exclusion zone.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

But for now they are enjoying the feeling of having passed
\nAbu Dhabi going in the opposite direction, while leaving all
\ntheir rivals poring over the weather data and scratching their
\nheads.<\/p>\n

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“I’m sure there are some puzzled people on the Abu Dhabi
\nboat we passed at the moment,” said Sanya skipper Mike
\nSanderson, who had to oversee a round-the-clock repair effort in
\nCape Town.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

On Abu Dhabi, British skipper Ian Walker said: “Sanya have
\nmade a brave call which could bring strong dividends if it
\nworks, but obviously playing with tropical systems comes with
\nsignificant risk.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Groupama also decided to gamble but with a very different
\nstrategy. They pushed on further to the south than their rivals
\nand managed to punch through the cold front on Saturday. That
\ngave them stronger and much steadier winds and they tore forward
\nat a rate that took them up to second place.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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