Pen Duick VI Triumphant Roaring into Punta del Este in First Place of Cape Horn Leg in McIntyre Ocean Globe!
- Pen Duick VI FR (14) first across the finish line in Punta del Este at 15:55 UTC, 13th February, after 30 days of hard racing. Too close to call for IRC ranking positions.
- Just four miles separate Spirit of Helsinki FI (71) and Maiden UK (03) in the battle for second place in line honours with less than 270 nm to Punta del Este.
- Sterna SA (42) passes Cape Horn at 00:36 UTC, 9.5 miles off the infamous rock.
- Explorer AU (28) loses steering 240 nm west of Cape Horn in 50k storm and 7 mtr seas – hove too for repairs and and finally on their way.
The stunning Pen Duick VI FR (14), skippered by the indomitable Marie Tabarly, roared across the Yacht Club Punta del Este finish line at 15:55 UTC on February 13th, taking first place in the Cape Horn leg of the MCINTYRE Ocean Globe Race. The sun came out to welcome the exuberant crew, who’ve fought extremely hard for the coveted 1st place in line honours in what many consider the most prestigious leg of the 8-month OGR circumnavigation.
In 25 knots winds and 3 meters seas, Pen Duick VI triumphed after 30 days of racing from Auckland, New Zealand to Punta del Este, Uruguay.
At 73 feet, the black-hulled Bermudan Ketch, the flagship of The Elemen’Terre Project whose aim is to raise public awareness of major environmental issues, is the biggest yacht in the OGR fleet. Pen Duick VI has a long, and what some might say complicated relationship with the Whitbread Round the World Race – Marie’s fatherÉric Tabarly first skippered Pen Duick VI in the 1973 Whitbread but was dismasted twice before retiring. And today, Marie proved again, without a doubt, what the iconic ketch is capable of. Marie has said it over and over again – strong winds are the kind of weather Pen Duick VI exactly excels in, and finally they got it in Leg 3.
