Heart in mouth as he waits to see if his weather calculations come true, and every alarm he can muster turned on to make sure he does not infringe the traffic separation rules as he rounds Cape Finisterre, Mike Golding has established himself in fifth place in the Vendée Globe round the world race.
His 60-foot Gamesa held a 76-mile advantage over the man, Jean le Cam, with whom he has been in a tussle for weeks, nearly all of them without his important Code Zero sail, which was trashed early on in the Southern Ocean run.
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