Volvo Ocean Race fleet head north
by Volvo Ocean Race on 2 Apr 2015
Onboard MAPFRE - The sun is gone and the boys on deck are getting ready for the night ahead - Leg five to Itajai - Volvo Ocean Race 2015 Francisco Vignale/Mapfre/Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race – It has been a steady night of upwind sailing for the lead pack as they head north, beating in 25 knot winds.
There have been no major changes with the front four in the past 12 hours. Reports from the boats are saying they are preparing for a period of stronger winds in the next 24 hours as they catch the top of a low-pressure system passing them to the south.
Team Alvimedica’s navigator Will Oxley said in a video today that the race still isn’t over, good gains have been made by back markers in the past few hours up the coast on this leg in lighter winds.
Leader: ADOR
Wind speed: 24-33 knots
Boat speed SOG (15 mins): 14-16 knots
Wind direction: 159º - 346º
Lowest boat speed: TBRU (14 knots)
Highest boat speed: ADOR, SCA, ALVI (16 knots)
Lowest wind speed: SCA (24 knots)
Highest wind speed: MAPF (33 knots)
Position report at 01 Apr 09:55 UTC
| YACHT |
LAT |
LON |
DATE |
DTL |
DTLC |
avgSOG(3h) |
avgSOG(15') |
TWS |
TWD |
HDG |
| ADOR |
-46.13133 |
-56.55683 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
0 |
0.0 |
15.6 |
16 |
27 |
340 |
51 |
| ALVI |
-46.279 |
-56.61683 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
9.2 |
-1.0 |
15.9 |
16 |
26 |
337 |
52 |
| MAPF |
-46.45233 |
-56.94083 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
23.9 |
-4.0 |
14.7 |
15 |
29 |
342 |
48 |
| TBRU |
-46.56683 |
-57.406 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
37.7 |
-7 |
13.1 |
14 |
27 |
349 |
53 |
| SCA1 |
-56.0985 |
-68.19317 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
744 |
-3.0 |
13.5 |
16 |
22 |
156 |
79 |
| DFRT |
-54.81183 |
-68.30617 |
1/4/2015 9:55 |
- |
- |
- |
0 |
1 |
36 |
215 |
| VEST |
-16.80497 |
59.57544 |
29/11/14 21:40:00 |
- |
- |
- |
No Data |
No Data |
No Data |
No Data |
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