Brasil 1 lucks in at last in Volvo OR

by Lizzie Green on 24 Feb 2006

Albatross flies over Brasil 1 Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com

Although the order in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet remains unchanged tonight and movistar (Bouwe Bekking) still leads, Brasil 1 (Torben Grael), the most northerly boat, found the wind they needed at approximately 1830 GMT and is romping away at nearly 12 knots. She is above the latitude of the ice gate, but still is still heading north in search of good breeze. The eastern end of the gate is 148 nautical miles due east of her. ABN AMRO TWO is also positioned to the north, but has yet to reach the new wind.

The rest of the fleet, which chose the southerly option, is facing an upwind slog of 150 nautical miles to reach latitude 48 degrees, and, according to Bouwe Bekking, hating every minute of it. “These are the days when you want to hang your sea boots up forever,” he says, “but I can imagine the others hate life more, as movistar has done alright in the last 24 hours.

The next 12 hours or so will be critical and a clearer picture will emerge as to who really is the winner in this strategic game of ocean chess.

LEG FOUR DAY 5, 23.2.06, 2200 GMT POSITION REPORT

Volvo OR Leg 4, Day 4, 2200hrs © Volvo Ocean Race http://www.volvooceanrace.com

ABN1 - ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 - ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 - Brasil 1
ERIC - Ericsson Racing Team
MOVI - movistar
POTC - Pirates of the Caribbean

DTF: distance to finish, 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
SGPTS: points scored at scoring gates on this leg to date
PLPTS: projected leg points
PTLPTS: projected total leg points including actual points from scoring gates
POP: projected overall points including actual points from scoring gates
OVERALL: projected position in race overall if yacht maintains current position
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