Camper's crew say it is too soon to judge their boat speed against their main rivals in the Volvo Ocean Race but remain upbeat about their chances - especially after the fun and games crossing the equator.
Their highly experienced round-the-world sailor and pit trimmer Tony Rae said yesterday: "Unfortunately, since we split and went our separate ways, there have been big gaps between the first two boats and the rest, so it's been hard to gauge their speed against our own.
"We've also been in a slightly different breeze or wind angles so it's hard to get a real accurate reading when you haven't had much side-by-side stuff. I think when we do, we'll find that things are all pretty close."
Camper lost out in an attempt to second-guess the weather and lost large ground to leaders Telefonica and Puma. "We are going ok," said Rae. "We are in a weather pattern which has been rolling along with us and it is pretty steady, so there are not a huge amount of changes going on. We'll just have to see what happens.
"You know, these boats are pretty good and it's possible to make big gains and big losses quite quickly - they can really accelerate and you don't need much to make big gains."
