Race Update 3 – 13 August am report
Technical problems delayed the reporting of the 0600 UTC/GMT update, but these are now in and show that Black Diamond of Durham (UK) remains in the lead overall on corrected time with the Class A Stad Amsterdam (Netherlands) in second place overall but now with Dar Szczecina (Poland) up into third place overall.
In the Classes, behind Stad Amsterdam in Class A is Oosterschelde (Netherlands) with Astrid (Netherlands) now up into third place. Tecla (Netherlands) remains in the lead of Class B with Aglaia (Austria) in second. Maybe (UK), De Gallant (Netherlands) and Rupel (Belgium) have all retired.
The second and third positions in Class C have changed around with Dar Szczecina now in second behind Black Diamond of Durham and Riyal (Netherlands) now in third.
Class D remains unchanged with Endorfina (Poland) in the lead with Lietuva (Lithuania) in second and Urania (Netherlands) in third.
Picture: Tecla at the race start.
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