Yachting: All Volvo racers finish leg six

All eight yachts have finished the sixth leg of the around-the-world yacht race.

News Corp claimed their first win in the Volvo Ocean Race last evening, taking out the sixth leg from Miami to Baltimore.

Under full main and spinnaker, the Australian entry gybed their way along the Patapsco River, dodging shallows and wind holes, before crossing the finish line in a rapidly fading breeze.

Amer Sports One, skippered by New Zealander Grant Dalton, was second, nearly half-an-hour after News Corp. Twenty minutes later, Assa Abloy edged out illbruck, which remains overall leader, to finish third.

The top four boats spent the last 120 nautical miles almost within sight of each other.

However, it was News Corp who found the extra line of pressure to take a three-mile lead over the fleet late in the 875-nautical-mile leg.

Despite the stop-start sailing, News Corp pushed on with the light downwind conditions, fending off Amer Sports One who came within three boats lengths of them late in the race.

The fleet will begin Leg 7 from Baltimore to La Rochelle, France, on May 25.

Order of finish:

1. News Corporation

2. Amer Sports One

3. ASSA ABLOY

4. illbruck

5. SEB

6. Tyco

7. djuice

8. Amer Sports Too

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