Camper has delivered a disappointing performance in the Sanya in-port race, coming fourth and continuing to bleed points to Telefonica who turned in a commanding performance to grab first place.
In a shifty 15 to 20 knot north easterly, Camper last night (Saturday) made a strong start but a major
tactical mistake in the first windward beat effectively signalled the end of their race and they rounded the first mark in last place.
However, they clawed back ground over the remaining legs and passed Groupama and Sanya to secure fourth, in the process maintaining their second overall position and slightly increasing the points margin over third-placed Groupama.
Camper skipper Chris Nicholson said that after the work the team had put in over the last week it was a poor result.
"It's a disappointing result for us there's no hiding that. We've had a good week of training and we thought we would have turned in a much better performance today than what we did. The fact is missing that first major right-hand shift was a game breaker and things were looking pretty bleak after that.
