Barnacle growth on the hull of his OE32 meant the race ended in Hobart for Jeremy Bagshaw, although he still continued in the Chichester Class for entrants who made one stop. He had antifouled Olleanna with Coppercoat and began noticing a drop in speed after sailing through the Cape Verdes archipelago.
‘You have no idea, the anguish that went with giving away between 20-30 miles every single day to the others for weeks,’ he said. ‘It
