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- Florianópolis stadium tests the nerves of the Extreme 40 fleet, with 26 knots and gusts of 35 delivering the most extreme racing of the year.
- Austrian Olympic champions form team of the day, expertly steering their vessel to two race wins of the three sailed.
- Man overboard for the Swiss multihull champions on Realteam forces retirement from racing.
- Replay today’s final Stadium race here and join us tomorrow for the penultimate day of the 2013 season, live online from 1600BRST/1800GMT.
Big breeze and blistering speeds called for nerves of steel from the eight Extreme 40s on the first public day in Brazil, as they hurtled round the Florianópolis stadium racecourse in the biggest winds the fleet has raced in all season, which peaked at 35 knot gusts. There was plenty of hull flying action at the final Act of the year presented by Land Rover, as the fleet expertly navigated their missiles around the course, with water spraying off their bows as they used all their physical strength to keep their racing machines upright. The Austrian Red Bull Sailing Team were the undisputed stars of the day, the fastest boat on the water according to the SAP analytics, who relished the conditions and stormed their way to two race wins. Others found the conditions right on the edge, including the local boat Team Brazil Mapfre who were forced to retire from racing after breaking their bowsprit during a difficult bear away and the Swiss Realteam who lost a man overboard in the final race of the day.
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