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Audi Sydney Southport Race - Twenty boats finished |
Twenty boats have now finished the Audi Sydney Southport Yacht Race with all but one of the remaining 14 at sea due to cross in quick succession before 7.30pm tonight thanks to the cool and gusty 30-35 knot sou’easter which is currently blasting onto the south east Queensland coastline.
Results for half of the six handicap divisions have now been confirmed with Ray Roberts’ Quantum Racing claiming first place in IRC Division 0 ahead of the line honours winner, Matt Allen’s Ichi Ban, and second over the line, Grant Wharington’s Skandia.
Karl Kwok’s Beau Geste is the confirmed winner of IRC Division 1, an impressive result for the brand new Reichel/Pugh 45 sailing in its second race after being launched in New Zealand in January.
Beau Geste, representing the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club, beat Sydney boats Wot Yot, a Nelson/Marek 52 skippered by owner Graeme Wood, and another Reichel/Pugh design, Yendys, owned by Geoff Ross.
IRC Division 2 top honours have gone to Queensland boat Wedgetail owned by Bill Wild. Last night the crew were holding onto the handicap lead in very heavy conditions and praying winds wouldn’t abate. Their prayers were answered with consistent strong breeze all night.
Wedgetail beat West Australian yachtsman Alan Brierty and his Corby 49 Limit, which suffered steering damage yesterday, and Syd Fischer’s Farr 50 Ragamuffin.
A few boats required assistance to enter the Gold Coast Seaway this morning, Michael Martin’s Frantic suffering a broken tiller and engine problems during the race and Howard de Torres’ Nips n Tux finishing with a broken water pump and flat batteries.
Conditions in the Audi Sydney Southport continue to take their toll on the fleet with Queensland boat Lloyds Business Brokers Too Impetuous the latest retirement. This brings the total number of retirements to eleven from a starting line up of 45.
Retiring this morning with fuel leaks, Rudy Weber’s restored 1981-built Too Impetuous looked to have a pre-race bet with neighbour Ian Thomson of a case of Verve sewn up when Thomson’s Identity Crisis pulled into Newcastle for six hours on the first night.
Now Identity Crisis, which is bringing up the rear and is due in the early hours of tomorrow morning, is set to win the wager.
Both Barry Kelly’s Typhoon and David Beak’s Mr Beaks Ribs retired overnight, the former with sail damage.
Here is the latest race data from the official site, links are not live.
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| At racetime 01:21:40 - 26 March 2007, 10:40am |
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EST. ELAPSED |
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YACHT NAME |
LAT |
LONG |
DTG |
SOG |
COG |
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TIME & SPEED |
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LINE HONOURS Overall |
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| 1 |
Ichi Ban |
Finished |
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01:05:13:57 |
13.1 |
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Matt Allen NSW |
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25 Mar, 6:13pm |
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| 2 |
Skandia |
Finished |
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01:05:53:07 |
12.8 |
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Grant Wharington VIC |
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25 Mar, 6:53pm |
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| 3 |
Quantum Racing |
Finished |
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01:06:59:10 |
12.4 |
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Ray Roberts NSW |
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25 Mar, 7:59pm |
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| 4 |
Wot Yot |
Finished |
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01:08:18:49 |
11.9 |
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Graeme Wood NSW |
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25 Mar, 9:18pm |
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| 5 |
Yendys |
Finished |
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01:08:38:49 |
11.8 |
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Geoff Ross NSW |
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25 Mar, 9:38pm |
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| 6 |
Loki |
Finished |
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01:09:20:10 |
11.5 |
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Cameron Miles (owner Stephen Ainsworth) NSW |
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25 Mar, 10:20pm |
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| 7 |
Beau Geste |
Finished |
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01:09:21:06 |
11.5 |
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Cameron Ward (owner Karl Kwok) Hong Kong |
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25 Mar, 10:21pm |
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| 8 |
Wedgetail |
Finished |
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01:11:02:35 |
11.0 |
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Bill Wild QLD |
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26 Mar, 12:02am |
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| 9 |
Limit |
Finished |
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01:13:22:40 |
10.3 |
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Alan Brierty WA |
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26 Mar, 2:22am |
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| 10 |
Ragamuffin |
Finished |
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01:14:25:24 |
10.0 |
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Syd Fischer NSW |
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26 Mar, 3:25am |
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| 11 |
AFR Midnight Rambler |
Finished |
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01:14:35:51 |
9.9 |
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Ed Psaltis NSW |
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26 Mar, 3:35am |
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| 12 |
UBS Wild Thing |
Finished |
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01:15:34:10 |
9.7 |
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Geoff Lavis NSW |
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26 Mar, 4:34am |
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| 13 |
Getaway-Sailing.com |
Finished |
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01:16:03:41 |
9.6 |
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Peter Goldsworthy NSW |
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26 Mar, 5:03am |
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| 14 |
Jazz |
Finished |
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01:16:34:02 |
9.5 |
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Chris Bull UK |
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26 Mar, 5:34am |
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| 15 |
Frantic |
Finished |
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01:17:07:11 |
9.3 |
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Michael Martin NSW |
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26 Mar, 6:07am |
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| 16 |
Sailors With Disabilities |
Finished |
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01:17:32:36 |
9.2 |
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David Pescud NSW |
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26 Mar, 6:32am |
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| 17 |
Splash Gordon |
Finished |
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01:18:12:40 |
9.1 |
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Stephen Ellis NSW |
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26 Mar, 7:12am |
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| 18 |
Pla Loma IV |
Finished |
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01:19:00:44 |
8.9 |
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Scott Denton NSW |
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26 Mar, 8:00am |
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| 19 |
Nips-N-Tux |
Finished |
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01:19:45:27 |
8.8 |
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Matt De Torres NSW |
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26 Mar, 8:45am |
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| 20 |
MRZ |
Finished |
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01:20:14:06 |
8.7 |
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Phillip Rowe NSW |
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26 Mar, 9:14am |
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| 21 |
Amante |
Finished |
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01:21:00:27 |
8.5 |
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Dennis Cooper NSW |
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26 Mar, 10:00am |
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| 22 |
Zen |
Finished |
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01:21:24:39 |
8.5 |
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Gordon Ketelbey NSW |
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26 Mar, 10:24am |
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| 23 |
Horwath BRI |
27° 58' S |
153° 27' E |
1.1 |
8.6 |
24 |
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01:21:47:25 |
8.4 |
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Tony Levett NSW |
2nm N of Surfers Paradise |
26 Mar, 10:47am |
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| 24 |
Alacrity |
28° 07' S |
153° 35' E |
10.5 |
14.0 |
312 |
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01:22:47:42 |
8.2 |
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Matthew Percy QLD |
5nm N of Fingal Head |
26 Mar, 11:47am |
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| 25 |
Margaret Rintoul II |
28° 10' S |
153° 38' E |
15.0 |
13.5 |
320 |
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01:23:17:51 |
8.1 |
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Mike Freebairn QLD |
4nm NE of Fingal Head |
26 Mar, 12:17pm |
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| 26 |
Integrity |
28° 26' S |
153° 46' E |
31.6 |
7.0 |
12 |
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02:01:46:12 |
7.7 |
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Andrew Stoeckel NSW |
14nm NE of Cape Byron |
26 Mar, 2:46pm |
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| 27 |
Crossing |
28° 36' S |
153° 43' E |
40.4 |
12.4 |
28 |
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02:02:47:20 |
7.6 |
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Simon May / Bruce Marshall NSW |
5nm NE of Cape Byron |
26 Mar, 3:47pm |
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| 28 |
Zephyr |
28° 42' S |
153° 39' E |
45.4 |
5.9 |
8 |
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02:03:00:22 |
7.5 |
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James Connell NSW |
4nm S of Cape Byron |
26 Mar, 4:00pm |
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| 29 |
Impeccable |
29° 02' S |
153° 34' E |
66.1 |
4.9 |
28 |
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02:05:58:21 |
7.1 |
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John Walker NSW |
8nm NE of Evans Head |
26 Mar, 6:58pm |
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| 30 |
Kioni |
29° 05' S |
153° 41' E |
68.7 |
7.0 |
312 |
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02:06:54:38 |
7.0 |
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Nick Athineos NSW |
12nm E of Evans Head |
26 Mar, 7:54pm |
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| 31 |
Phillip's Foote Witchdoctor |
29° 05' S |
153° 28' E |
70.6 |
7.6 |
332 |
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02:07:36:04 |
6.9 |
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Maurie Cameron NSW |
3nm N of Evans Head |
26 Mar, 8:36pm |
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| 32 |
Equinox |
29° 14' S |
153° 39' E |
77.7 |
8.1 |
0 |
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02:06:18:42 |
7.1 |
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Owen Muyt NSW |
12nm SE of Evans Head |
26 Mar, 7:18pm |
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| 33 |
Salona |
29° 36' S |
153° 40' E |
98.8 |
7.0 |
12 |
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02:13:29:27 |
6.2 |
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Phillip King NSW |
18nm SE of Yamba |
27 Mar, 2:29am |
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| 34 |
Identity Crisis |
30° 03' S |
153° 20' E |
127.2 |
8.6 |
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02:14:19:37 |
6.2 |
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Ian Thomson QLD |
4nm E of N.W Solitary Is |
27 Mar, 3:19am |
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Bear Necessity |
Retired - at Port |
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Andrew Dally NSW |
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Cyrene 3 |
Retired - at Port |
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Michael Selby NSW |
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Dream* |
Retired - at Port |
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Ian Gleeson QLD |
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Fincorp More Witchcraft* |
Retired - at Port |
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John Cameron NSW |
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High Anxiety* |
Retired - at Port |
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Mark Benson NSW |
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Lloyds Business Brokers - Too Impetuous* |
Retired - at Port |
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Rudy Weber QLD |
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Mr Beaks Ribs* |
Retired - at Port |
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David Beak NSW |
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Mr Kite* |
Retired - at Port |
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Buckland & Hunn NSW |
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Occasional Coarse Language* |
Retired - at Port |
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Warwick Sherman NSW |
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The Goat* |
Retired - at Port |
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Bruce Foye NSW |
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Typhoon* |
Retired - at Port |
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Barry Kelly NSW |
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Night Nurse |
Scratched |
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Russell McCart QLD |
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Notes
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Key
Unless otherwise indicated, all positions are obtained by a report from a GPS transceiver on the yachts.
 No Report
Position unknown.
Deduced Reckoning
No report received — position deduced using previous known position.
 Estimate
No report received — position estimated.
 Radio report
No report received — position obtained by radio from yacht.
 Sighting
No report received — position obtained by a sighting of the yacht.
 Interpolation
No report received — position interpolated from earlier and later known positions.
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by Lisa Ratcliff
10:51 PM Sun 25 Mar 2007 GMT
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