The leaderboard has been turned on its head in the past 24 hours with Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson/SWE) seizing control as the fleet reaches the halfway point of this 12,300 nautical mile marathon en route to Cape Horn. Navigator Aksel Magdahl’s gamble on a northern heading, away from the pack and against conventional Southern Ocean wisdom, soon after the scoring gate at 36 degrees south, is paying off for Ericsson 3:
1- Ericsson 3 SWE (Magnus Olsson/SWE) DTF 6152nm
2- PUMA Racing Team USA (Ken Read/USA) + 110
3- Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA) +152
4- Telefonica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED) +176
5- Green Dragon IRL/CHI (Ian Walker/GBR) +228
