On the Volvo OR high speed conveyor belt - Day 15
by Lizzie Green, Volvo OR Media on 27 Nov 2005
Ericsson Racing chases the ABN Amro's Volvo Ocean Race
http://www.volvooceanrace.com
After several days of waiting, ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) has at last hooked into the strong westerly breeze which is propelling his team quickly towards Cape Town for the finish of leg one of the Volvo Ocean Race at a rate of over 17 knots.
What a relief for skipper Mike Sanderson who, over the past few days, had seen Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) eat his lead down to almost nothing. ‘I wouldn’t swap any part of what we have on ABN AMRO ONE for anything,’ Sanderson wrote yesterday.
The order in the chasing pack has not changed overnight, although ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) is catching second placed Brasil 1 quickly and is achieving the highest average speed of the fleet. They are just five miles behind Brasil 1, while fourth placed Ericsson (Neal McDonald) are another 20 miles behind again but sailing quicker than Brasil 1.
In the next 24 hours, we can expect to see ABN AMRO ONE and perhaps the others, start to clock up 400 nm 24 hour runs once again.
Sunergy and Friends are now reaching at 15 knots. ‘A bit bouncy, but, hey, nice and fast,’ wrote navigator Campbell Field this morning, after they spent most of yesterday hard on the wind.
LEG ONE DAY 15, 26.11.05, 1000 GMT POSITION REPORT
Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG DTL DTLC LPTS ETA Overall
1 ABN1 30 52.32S 026 57.29W 02290 131 17.1 00000 +00000 7.0 04/12/05 __:__:__ 1
2 BRA1 29 36.46S 027 11.03W 02324 128 16.1 00034 -00002 6.0 04/12/05 __:__:__ 1
3 ABN2 30 03.53S 027 26.94W 02329 127 17.3 00039 +00004 5.0 04/12/05 __:__:__ 4
4 ERIC 29 53.28S 027 47.52W 02349 131 16.9 00059 +00000 4.0 04/12/05 __:__:__ 3
5 SUNF 08 53.39S 032 21.88W 03170 176 13.4 00880 -00042 3.0 09/12/05 __:__:__ 5
6 MOVI 37 07.64N 008 31.80W - - - - - - - -
7 POTC 38 41.54N 009 24.95W - - - - - - - -
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
SUNF Sunergy and Friends
ERIC Ericsson Racing Team
MOVI movistar
POTC Pirates of the Caribbean
DTF: Distance to finish, CMG: Course made good, SMG: Speed made good, DTL: distance to leader, DTLC: distance to leader change; the difference between the distance from the boat to the leader taken at the time of the last six hour poll, and the distance from the boat to the leader at the previous poll, LPTS: leg points, OVERALL: position in race overall if yacht maintains current position.
http://www.volvooceanrace.org/racedatacentre/positionmaps/
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