The fight to get on the podium in Barcelona is intensifying as Mutua Madrileña has taken more miles out of Temenos II over the past 24 hours. At one stage overnight, the delta was down to just 20 miles, before Temenos II stretched away again.
This afternoon, just 44 miles separate the two boats after 79 days of racing. That's close enough that just one small mistake in the variable South Atlantic weather could be the difference maker. Although they've left the Southern Ocean, the pressure hasn't eased at all for these two competitors.
"We haven't been able to relax at all," said Michèle Paret this afternoon. "It's been very stormy weather, very difficult for the past 24 hours. We're manoeuvring all the time and really getting quite tired of this pace. I can't wait to get out of here."
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