Sail-World.com : New York heading for Corker of a finish Sat AM
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New York heading for Corker of a finish Sat AM |
With the strong and steady winds that the Clipper fleet has enjoyed over the last 24 to 36 hours and with the favourable winds set to continue for the next 24 to 48 hours the revised ETA for the leading yachts into Cork Ireland is now Saturday morning.
Since overtaking Qingdao, New York has managed to extend their lead in the
last 24 hours, at 12:00hrs Saturday they had a seven mile lead over Qingdao and Hull and Humber.
Liverpool 08 appears to have lost most of the advantage the
team had by keeping south but the team representing the North East of
England are still fighting hard for their fourth podium of Clipper 07-08.
These last couple of days of racing have been very fast and very wet for the ten teams, with average speeds being above 12 knots and top speeds being in the high teens.
The first teams are expected to arrive in Cork Saturday morning. During the
short stopover the fleet will be based at the Royal Cork Yacht Club in
Crosshaven with Prize Giving on taking place on Tuesday 1 July before the
start of Race 14 on Thursday 3 July.
Positions at 12:00 GMT, Saturday 27 june 2008
1. New York: Distance To Finish (DTF) 217
2. Qingdao: DTF 224, (Distance To Leader +7)
3. Hull & Humber: DTF 226, (+9)
4. Liverpool 08: DTF 238, (+21)
5. Uniquely Singapore: DTF 259, (+42)
6. Jamaica: DTF 277. (+60)
6. Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper: DTF 277, (+60)
8. Durban 2010 and Beyond: DTF 306, (+89)
9. westernaustralia2011.com: DTF 359, (+142)
10.Nova Scotia: DTF 401, (+184)
by Event media
6:09 PM Fri 27 Jun 2008 GMT
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