Smuggler put together a calm, confident performance to win IRC in a corrected time of 2 days 10 hours 4 minutes 55 seconds, backing it up with second on line in 1 day 18 hours 14 minutes.
Antipodes pressed hard, finishing just half a minute behind Bacchanal on corrected time in 2 days 12 hours 54 minutes 39 seconds and taking third on line in 1 day 20 hours 16 minutes.
V5 followed with her own early marker, crossing fourth on line in 1 day 20 hours 35 minutes and placing fifth on IRC with a corrected time of 2 days 14 hours 26 minutes, a result that planted the New Zealand boat firmly inside the competitive bracket.
