After a long, challenging night with periods of no wind, the Barcelona World Race fleet was happy to wake up to wind that built to the 15 to 20 knot range over the course of the day. They weren't as thrilled with the direction however - the Easterly flow meant beating directly upwind towards Gibraltar.
The light conditions overnight saw a slight compression of the fleet (first to fifth is just a 29 mile separation on the 16:00 GMT position poll) and the forecast means the strategy is now quite similar for the top six boats, who have all darted in towards the coast of Spain in anticipation of a Northerly shift later tonight.
Temenos II and Estrella Damm have sailed in nearest to the coast (closing to within a half mile before tacking out again), while the race leaders, PRB with Paprec-Virbac 2 chasing just three miles behind, have stayed slightly further offshore.
