Barcelona World Race - Hugo Boss sails from strength to strength

by Alex Thomson Racing on 12 Jan 2015 In the Barcelona World Race 2014-2015 Alex Thomson and Pepe Ribes crossed the equator at 01.50 GMT.

Powered by Doyle Sails, Hugo Boss has sailed from strength to strength and in the early hours of this morning crossed the line of the equator, another mile stone in the Barcelona World Race 2014-2015. Hugo Boss crossed the line 11 days 13 hours and 50 min after the start gun was fired in Barcelona. The race has seen Thomson and Ribes consistently hold first place.

The improvements the technical team made to Hugo Boss this year see her performing better in all weather conditions, with Hugo Boss crossing the equator 24hrs quicker than she did in the last edition of the Barcelona world race (then named Virbac Paprec 3).

Thomson said ‘It’s unusual this far into the race to still have the fleet so close. The conditions have been perfect for Hugo Boss. Although at times it has been stressful as we can see our competitors on the horizon. We are completely focused on speed to keep us in the lead.’

The fleet compressed together at the Doldrums and the race now has an unusual element in offshore racing where there are only a few hours between the boats at the front of the fleet. Thomson and Ribes were closely followed by Neutrogena skippered by Altadill and Munoz. Neutrogena crossed the equator 1hr 10 min after the Hugo Boss sailing team. This is providing a close offshore race - great for spectators.

Leaderboard Barcelona World Race 2014-15.

Report on 12/01/2015 at 09:00:00 UTC
Rank	Boat	Location		Since 4 hours			Since 24 hours				DTF
		UTC hour	Location	Heading	Speed	VMG	Heading	Speed	VMG	Distance
1	Hugo Boss Alex Thomson / Pepe Ribes	08:30 UTC	01°23.37'S 28°18.02'W	180	10.7	7.4	185	8.2	5.0	196.51	21136.7 nm 0.0 nm
2	Renault Captur Jörg Riechers / Sébastien Audigane	08:30 UTC	03°07.81'N 24°49.04'W	227	2.1	0.0	185	6.3	4.1	151.33	21178.0 nm 41.2 nm
3	Neutrogena Guillermo Altadill / José Muñoz	08:30 UTC	01°14.14'S 29°13.20'W	186	10.8	6.5	193	10.2	5.1	243.67	21183.4 nm 46.6 nm
4	GAES Centros Auditivos Anna Corbella / Gerard Marín	08:30 UTC	00°20.33'N 27°58.15'W	180	9.8	6.7	190	8.7	4.7	208.26	21193.3 nm 56.6 nm
5	Cheminées Poujoulat Bernard Stamm / Jean Le Cam	08:30 UTC	00°45.84'S 29°18.63'W	187	11.1	6.6	198	9.3	4.0	224.34	21206.7 nm 69.9 nm
6	One Planet, One Ocean / Pharmaton Aleix Gelabert / Dídac Costa	08:30 UTC	05°09.61'N 27°04.71'W	174	11.8	9.3	178	12.7	9.5	304.56	21359.6 nm 222.9 nm
7	We Are Water Bruno Garcia / Willy Garcia	08:30 UTC	05°20.27'N 27°17.87'W	171	15.2	12.4	180	14.9	10.7	358.71	21376.4 nm 239.7 nm
8	Spirit of Hungary Nandor Fa / Conrad Colman	08:30 UTC	18°59.68'N 26°20.63'W	196	12.1	7.1	239	11.7	-1.6	281.92	21957.1 nm 820.4 nm