Sharp up with leaders

Tuesday 6th May 2008, 12:00AM BST.

JERSEY yachtsman Phil Sharp is currently in fourth place in the Figaro Transat AG2R, with team-mate David Krizek.

They now face a crucial few days on board Atlantik FT to see if the decision to take a more northerly route to St Bart’s in the Caribbean pays off.

They have been racing for just over a fortnight, having set off from Concarneau, France on 20 April in the biennial 3,700-mile race.

‘Incredibly, despite our painfully slow progress and recent inability to point anywhere near the direction of the Caribbean, the northern pack of boats that we’re amongst are still holding a good lead on the boats down in the south,’ he said.

‘This looks set to change though as we have a very light couple of days ahead of us whereas the southerners have reached the trade winds now and will be blasting downwind in entirely different conditions to the finish.’

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