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Velux 5 Oceans photo finish
Velux 5 Oceans skippers Zbigniew Gutkowski (Pol) on Operon Racing and Chris ‘CSM’ Stanmore-Major (GB) on Spartan finished the third ocean sprint within 40 seconds of one another.
Gutek took second place crossing the finish line in Punta del Este, Uruguay, at 1640 local time (1840 UTC) with CSM taking third place at 16:40:40 local time (18:40:40 UTC)
Gutek completed the leg from Wellington in New Zealand to Punta del Este in 25 days, 17 hours and 10 minutes, he sailed 6,828 nautical miles at an average speed of 11.1 knots.. CSM did it in 25 days, 17 hours, 10 minutes and 40 seconds, sailing 6,767 nautical miles at an average speed of 11 knots.
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Derek Hatfield finishes Velux 5 Oceans third sprint
Velux 5 Oceans - Canadian ocean racer Derek Hatfield has finished the third ocean sprint of the Velux 5 Oceans crossing the finish line in Punta del Este, Uruguay, at 5.52pm local time (1952 UTC) to take fourth position.
Derek completed the leg from Wellington in New Zealand to Punta del Este in 25 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes, just over an hour behind fellow ocean racers Zbigniew ‘Gutek’ Gutkowski and Chris Stanmore-Major. Gutek finished at 4.40pm local time, just 40 seconds ahead of Chris, to take second place.
Full quotes, images, audio and video will be available online and to download from the Velux 5 Oceans press portal once the skipper is safely ashore.
