Four points to Telefonica Blue

As Bouwe Bekking's crew are first to St Johns scoring gate

In a head down and dive for the line, Telefónica Blue screeched across the St John scoring gate in first place in the early hours of this morning, less than a minute ahead of Ken Read's Puma.

Coming on top of her recent wins in the Rio de Janeiro and Boston in port races and her rounding the Fernando de Noronha gate in first place on leg six, Telefónica Blue picked up the maximum of four points.

Scoring Gate Order

1. Telefónica Blue at 03:11.24 GMT
2. PUMA at 03:12.04 GMT
3. Ericsson 4 at 03:33.05 GMT
4. Ericsson 3 at 04:06.02 GMT
5. Telefónica Black at 04:36.54 GMT
6. Delta Lloyd at 06:16.00 GMT

Thus the overall points are now:

1. Ericsson 4 - 84.0
2. Telefonica Blue - 72.5
3. Puma - 69
4. Ericsson 3 - 58
5. Green Dragon - 46
6. Telefonica Black - 33
7. Delta Lloyd - 25.5

So the only upshot of this is that has allowed Telefonica Blue to close in on Ericsson 4's lead by another point.