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Aarhus, Denmark (May 31, 2023) – In accordance with the Sailing Instructions for The Ocean Race, which allow the Race Committee to shorten the course for boats still racing, the finish line for Biotherm has been moved to longitude 0-degrees.
The team then finished Leg 5 this morning, but remains 480 nm from the finish port in Aarhus . The team is making way slowly due to their broken main shroud on the port side of the boat, and is not expected to join the IMOCA fleet before June 3.
After the team lost touch with the leaders soon after the Leg 5 start in Newport, they were mired in a different weather pattern that left them off the pace. Problems with their autopilot and electronics, plus a broken sail lock that dropped their J3 headsail into the water, added to their woe before the shroud break on May 28…
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