The Derry “Londonderry” Doire is battling hard to regain the lead in the eight race of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race from Brisbane in Australia to Singapore.
The Derry Clipper is competing with OneDLL to take the lead position from Old Pulteney.
Derry skipper Sean McCarter said: ” We actually did quite well today managing several hours at reasonable speed on course but then a huge rain cloud squashed out all the wind.
“The same cloud knocked us back a bit on the competition. The previous day we did really well tacking at the edge of one and cruising up the side of it.
“Today, we tried the same move and failed miserably! Old Pulteney and OneDLL went straight through seemingly unaffected and we wallowed on the side lines.”
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