Volvo Ocean Race - Fleet continues to push north
by Volvo Ocean Race on 26 Apr 2015
Leg six to Newport onboard MAPFRE. Day six. Andre Fonseca on the helm chasing Dongfeng who were just in front of us. - Volvo Ocean Race 2015 Francisco Vignale/Mapfre/Volvo Ocean Race
Volvo Ocean Race - After the excitement of yesterday, has settled down for the fleet, they continue to push north towards the next waypoints on the eastern tip of Brazil.
Conditions have been stable with 10-12 kts of wind from between 050º - 060º that has allowed very little in the way of passing the opportunity for any boat in the fleet.
Although, within a small range, the trend has pushed the main pack left, down towards Alvimedica, who have shown small signs of being lifted into the pack.
A distance of 60nm still separates the fleet and the computer is still confident that the Turkish-American boat is in the lead, albeit by only 2.5nm.
The GRIB files currently agree with what’s happening to the boats and predict that next the wind will veer again lifting the fleet around Recife at some point tomorrow morning.
The routing takes them right along the shore-line and as the leg gets more ‘reachy’, the land effects will have less of an influence than we have seen in other legs as they have tacked up the coast.
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Position report at: 25 Apr 18:40 UTC / Updated 3 hourly
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DTL (NM)
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Gain/Loss (NM)
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DTF (NM)
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Speed (kt)
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Team Alvimedica
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0.0
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0.0
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3868.3
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8.8
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Dongfeng Race Team
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0.7
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 1.9
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3869.0
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9.7
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Team SCA
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4.2
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1.2
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3872.5
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9.5
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Team Brunel
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4.8
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0.7
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3873.1
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9.1
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MAPFRE
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5.1
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2.2
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3873.3
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9.6
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Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing
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12.2
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1.3
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3880.5
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9.5
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Team Vestas Wind
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DID NOT START
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