"Estrella Damm leader in the Barcelona World Race

The Spanish Imoca Open 60 'Estrella Damm' Alex Pella and Pepe Ribes took the lead in the Barcelona World Race on the fourteenth day around 16.30 (Spanish time), when the Spanish ship sailed about 150 miles southeast of Fernando de Noronha archipelago. At that time and with the approach of 'Star' to the great circle (shortest distance between two points in the sea), exceeded the 'Virbac-Paprec 3 ' Jean Pierre Dick, who is sailing toward the Brazilian coast for repair emergency at the port of Recife, like its twin, the 'Foncia' by Michel Desjoyeaux.