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The Portimão Global Ocean Race fleet have been hammered by hurricane strength, Force 12, south-westerly breeze as they descend through the Furious Fifties towards Cape Horn.

Despite drastically reduced sail, race leaders Felipe Cubillos and José Muñoz on Desafio Cabo de Hornos have polled very high speed averages, losing only ten miles to Boris Herrmann and Felix Oehme on Beluga Racer in the past 24 hours. While the Germans trail the race leaders by just over…  Details

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