Despite his status as the only remaining solo sailor in the Portimão Global Ocean Race, Michel Kleinjans has stunned the double-handed teams with his ability to keep pace with the Class 40 fleet. At 04:05:30 GMT today (03/04), Kleinjans sailed his Open 40, Roaring Forty, across the Leg 3 finish line 15 hours behind the leading double-handed boat, Desafio Cabo de Hornos, after 41 days 2 hours 50 minutes and 30 seconds at sea.
Since late December when fellow single-hander Nico Budel was forced to abandon his Open 40 Hayai in the early stages of leg 2 from Cape Town to Wellington, Kleinjans has continued racing to fulfil the dream of sailing around the world solo, adding to his existing circumnavigation in the Whitbread Round The World Race… Details