Telefonica Blue wins at Stockholm of Volvo Ocean Race

A nice bounce back for Telefonica Blue. The crew edged Puma Ocean Racing to win Stockholm's in-port race on Sunday, the latest round in the 2009 Volvo Ocean Race.

The crew of Spanish ocean race sailboat Telefonica Blue, skippered by Bouwe  Bekking, begins to tack in the in-port race of the Volvo Ocean Race in Stockholm  harbour. Spain's Telefonica Blue rebounded  after an accident last week to win an  in-port regatta Sunday in Stockholm in the Volvo round-the-world race. (AFP/Olivier Morin)

The seventh in-port event in the Volvo Ocean Race took place in the waters around the Swedish capital on Sunday.

Overall honours would, be decided by race two, for which the breeze increased to almost 15 knots and a fog bank started to roll in across the course.

However, the conditions were clearly conducive to Telefonica Blue, which led the fleet from start to finish under the stewardship of Bouwe Bekking.

Bekking and his crew had an extremely disappointing leg nine in Sweden the previous week after running aground and being forced to return to Marstrand for emergency repairs.

The problems saw second overall in the Volvo Ocean Race slip away.