The Derry “LondonDerry” Doire is in third place at the half way point of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race.
The Derry Clipper sailed into Singapore in to clinch seventh spot in Race 8 from Brisbane.
The Derry entry has 69 points, 12 points behind leaders OneDLL which is just 1.1 points head of Henri Lloyd in second place.
GREAT Britain are in fourth place on 65 points with Switzerland and Qingdao tied in fifth spot on 61 points each.
Sean McCarter, skipper of the Derry Clipper, said the race from Brisbane to Singapore as “a cross between challenging and frustrating.”
He added: “We did really well in the first section up the coast of Australia. We pushed really hard and got the three Scoring Gate points which took the pressure off slightly and turned out to be a godsend to us later in the race. We were doing really well right up to the last few days when we continued to fall down the leaderboard.
“It was a very tricky race overall. As we turned round the south end of Papua New Guinea it was anything and everything.”
He concluded: “From thunder squalls, no wind, too much wind, more thunder squalls, lightning hitting the boat to blazing sun with zero wind at all. It turned out to be a lottery at times.
Race 9, which begins on Wednesday, will see the fleet leave Singapore to Qingdao in China, 2,450 miles.
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