{"id":9718,"date":"2012-04-07T03:55:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T01:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/sailing-nailbiting-win-for-hungry-read-after-epic-showdown\/"},"modified":"2012-04-07T03:55:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T01:55:33","slug":"sailing-nailbiting-win-for-hungry-read-after-epic-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sailing-nailbiting-win-for-hungry-read-after-epic-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing-Nailbiting win for hungry Read after epic showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">ITAJAI, Brazil, April 6<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; American Ken Read<br \/>\nsecured one of the greatest wins of his long career by edging<br \/>\nout Olympic gold medallist Iker Martinez by only 12 minutes in<br \/>\nthe treacherous Volvo Ocean Race fifth leg on Friday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five of the six-strong fleet had to make repairs during the<br \/>\n7,500-nautical mile leg and nearly 20 days of sailing, including<br \/>\nMartinez&#8217;s Telefonica which needed 17 hours on Cape Horn to<br \/>\npatch up a damaged hull.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Spanish boat, though, still closed to within striking<br \/>\ndistance of 50-year-old Read&#8217;s Puma.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite seeing his lead over the Spaniards whittled down<br \/>\nfrom more than 400 nautical miles to just a few metres over the<br \/>\nlast 24 hours, Read kept his nerve to collect 30 points in the<br \/>\nleg from Auckland to Itajai and Puma now lie second overall.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The victory marked an extraordinary comeback for the skipper<br \/>\nafter his boat suffered a broken mast in the first leg in the<br \/>\nmiddle of the Atlantic and forced his boat out of that stage<br \/>\nfrom Alicante (Spain) to Cape Town.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve never done such a tough offshore leg in my life. We<br \/>\nran out of food a day and a half ago,&#8221; said Read after winning<br \/>\nby 12 minutes 38 seconds.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been pretty intense. Our hearts go out to the crews<br \/>\nwho have suffered damage. We know what that&#8217;s like and it&#8217;s even<br \/>\nworse when it&#8217;s in a place like the Southern Ocean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fifth leg through the Southern Ocean and around the<br \/>\nnotoriously unpredictable Cape Horn lived up to expectations<br \/>\nthat it would be the toughest of the 39,000-nautical mile,<br \/>\nnine-month marathon, with 90kph winds and eight-metre waves<br \/>\npounding the fleet.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Long-time leg leaders Groupama of France joined a lengthy<br \/>\ncasualty list when their mast snapped after crashing off a giant<br \/>\nwave with 650 nautical miles left.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITAJAI, Brazil, April 6 (Reuters) &#8211; American Ken Read secured one of the greatest wins of his long career by edging out Olympic gold medallist Iker Martinez by only 12 minutes in the treacherous Volvo Ocean Race fifth leg on Friday. 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