ALICANTE, Spain (AP) — American team PUMA was the first to cross the equator in the opening leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from Alicante to Cape Town.
The crew, led by skipper Ken Read, leads rival Telefonica by about 16 miles.
Read and his team were the first of the four crews still racing in the 45,000-mile race to pass into the southern hemisphere.
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