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The Ocean Race: 'Back in the game' - Biotherm skipper Paul Melilhat confident after leg 3 delay

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Paul Melilhat says his Biotherm team are «back in the game» following their delayed start to the third leg of the Ocean Race.

Biotherm were one of two teams, along with 11th Hour Racing Team, who were forced to suspend racing at the start of the gruelling 12,750-nautical mile journey from Cape Town to Itajai, Brazil.

Ad After wind conditions played havoc with the start, a breakage to the strop on their mainsheet saw Melilhat and Biotherm head back to the shore.

The Ocean Race'A good opportunity to come back' — Meilhat on Biotherm's complicated start to leg 32 HOURS AGO Back in the race, the team are currently in last place; however, the skipper confirmed the necessary repairs had been made ahead of their resumption and the team are ready to make an impact. “After a delayed start, we started more than nine hours behind the others at midnight yesterday from Cape Town to fix the problem,” Melilhat told Eurosport. “After a hard night along the coast of the Cape of Good Hope, a windy night, a busy night and this morning, we are in a ridge and the other boats stopped a bit more than us. “So it was a good opportunity to come back, and now, just before the sunset, we saw 11 Hour Racing Team.

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