Sporting Digest: Sailing
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WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE Fifth leg (5,475 miles, Punta del Este, Uru, to Fort Lauderdale, Fla, US) Positions (with miles to finish): 1 Yamaha (R Field, NZ/Jap) Whitbread 60 5,064; 2 Tokio (C Dickson, NZ/Jap) W60 5,066; 3 Merit Cup (P Fehlmann, Swit) Maxi 5,069; 4 La Poste (E Tabarly, Fr) Maxi 5,069; 5 NZ Endeavour (G Dalton, NZ) Maxi 5,070; 6 Intrum Justitia (L Smith, Eur) W60 5,071; 7 Winston (B Butterworth, US) W60 5,073; 8 Galicia 93 Pescanova (J de la Gandara, Sp) W60 5,073; 9 Heineken (D Riley, US) W60 5,077; 10 Dolphin & Youth (M Humphries, GB) W60 5,090; 11 Brooksfield (G Maisto, It) W60 5,115; 12 Uruguay Natural (G Vanzini, Uru) Maxi 5,125; 13 Hetman Sahaidnachny (E Platon, Ukr) W60 5,149; 14 Odessa (A Verba, Ukr) W60 5,154.
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