ABU DHABI IN-PORT RACE

TEAM SCA

Team SCA hasn't been doing too great in the offshore 1st and 2nd legs of the Volvo Ocean race. However, it looks like they starting off the 3rd leg with all the feminine gusto they could muster. The In-Port Race was delayed by a good hour and a half due to a lack of a decent breeze but regardless, Team SCA won the Abu Dhabi In-Port Race today, and that without bowman Sophie Ciszek and despite low wind conditions.  A huge congratulations is in order, "Well done ladies!" Achieving first place is an amazing morale booster for the entire SCA, even though Sophie Ciszek won't be on deck for the Abu Dhabi to Sanya leg since she hasn't recovered from  her back injury. This event is a huge tourist attraction especially for women who can relate to doing well in a "man's sport".

RESULTS FOR THE IN-PORT RACE

1 Team SCA - "The Girls"
2 Team Brunel - "The Dutchies"
3 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing - "The Emirates"
4 Dongfeng Race Team - "The Chinese"
5 Team Alvimedica - "The Youngsters" 
6 MAPFRE - "The Spaniards" 

Unfortunately  "The Danes" don't feature at all. Their plan is to get Vestas Winds to the Persico boatyard in Bergamo, Italy, hitching a ride on a Maersk Line ship. Their objective is  to rebuild Vestas Winds and have it ready to compete in the eighth leg start from Lisbon to Lorient race culminating in Gothenburg. Good luck guys!

Team SCA leading the Abu Dhabi In-Port race by a good one and a half minutes.