The race from Seattle to Panama is notoriously a tricky stage of the circumnavigation, filled with fickle winds, intense heat and tight deadlines. Here’s a peek beneath the hatches of Team Warrant and what life has been like for the past few days…

The Finish Line for Stage 10: Warrant’s West Coast Challenge has been set, and so far, we have six boats on the stage leaderboard. Congratulations to:

1st | Team GOSH

2nd | Team Power of Seattle Sports

3rd | Team London Business School

4th | Team Yacht Club Punta Del Este

5th | Team Warrant

6th | Team UNICEF

The Race Management Team made the decision that the Finish Line for Stage 10: Warrant’s West Coast Challenge be retrospectively called at Mandatory Finish Gate 1. This decision has been driven by incredibly light conditions that have plagued the fleet for the past week.

Stage 10 offers a unique challenge on the race circuit as there are seven Mandatory Finish Gates in place along the route towards Panama. These virtual gates are present on the latter section of the racecourse as the stretch past Central America to Panama is notorious for fickle wind due to the doldrums or ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone). Any of the Mandatory Finish Gates can be selected as a Finish Line by the Race Management Team to ensure the fleet can meet the tight deadlines set by the Panama Canal transits.

We would like to congratulate GOSH, Power of Seattle Sports and London Business School for their podium positions and well done to the teams that have already crossed Mandatory Finish Gate 1 for their completion of racing on Stage 10. Full results will be announced once all yachts have crossed.

📣 Ocean Sprint results for Stage 10: Warrant’s West Coast Challenge in collaboration with Hyde Sails 📣

“After days of light conditions causing slow speeds across the fleet, the northerly wind finally decided to build some momentum as the front of the fleet entered the Ocean Sprint. Making a fast crossing was tactically challenging as the northerly wind forced gybing angles across the area, and with the Rhumb Line also laying at a south easterly slant, this left teams with the decision to either go for a fast Ocean Sprint time and head due south, or go for good Velocity Made Good (VMG) on the course and sacrifice sprint speed.” - Race Director, Dale Smyth

Congratulations to the following three teams on scoring themselves some bonus points:

Team Tongyeong | 3 points Team Scotland | 2 points Team London Business School | 1 point

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The Scoring Gate winners are…! 🤓

Congrats to the winning teams:

UNICEF | 3 points Power of Seattle Sports | 2 points Tongeyeong | 1 point

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