Things now should get pretty interesting, as the fleet enters the Malacca Strait, one of the world's busiest and most hazardous shipping routes.
"The strait promises to be a real minefield of opportunities and losses," said Groupama bowman Brad Marsh. "Like the game of snakes and ladders, one wrong move will drop you a long way back and one lucky move will make you look famous."
Ian Walker’s Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing and Mike Sanderson’s Team Sanya were set to enter the Malacca Strait later on Friday. Both have hopes of the fleet compressing in the strait and getting them back in the mix.
For five of the teams, 80 percent of the points for Leg 3 are at stake on this second stage, which began in the Maldives on Sunday and will take the fleet over 3,050 nm to Sanya, with an estimated finish of around February 5-6.
Team Sanya, sailing towards their home port, will score full Leg 3 points for the stage after being unable to take part in Stage 1 because of a rigging problem.
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