What if?

I was just reading the news and saw the item about Wild Oats XI.

I had been wondering up to this point in time why this vessel was trailing the other yacht Skandia. Apparently there is nothing like having a 2 metre shark stuck in your rudder to make you lose pace.

I wonder how much of a lead Wild Oats XI would have had without the shark incident? The new sail could possibly have increased the record even further had the shark not become entangled in the rudder.