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Inside 11th Hour Racing Team: SiFi interview

by PlanetSail 5 Jun 2023 12:22 PDT
Inside Story: 11th Hour Racing Team © PlanetSail

After a difficult gear breaking start to The Ocean Race two consecutive leg wins for 11th Hour Racing Team has put Charlie Enright's team in the overall lead, albeit by just one point with two legs to go.

Their blast across the Atlantic on Leg 5 was an impressive one. Navigator and veteran round the world racer Simon 'SiFi' Fisher talks to Matt Sheahan about what it was like and how the team is handling the race that they have spent years preparing for.

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