ABN Amro 1 sets the pace
by Sacha Oswald on 3 Apr 2006
The Volvo Open 70’s stack up on the wind just after the start gun on Leg 5 from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. © David Branigan/ Volvo Ocean Race 2005-2006 Volvo Ocean Race
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Over the last 6 hours, positions have changed significantly during the first night at sea. The latest position report shows ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) has once again re-established their position as leader of the pack.
Just before passing the headland of Cabo Frio, the entire fleet were fighting with a dying breeze. At this point, ABN AMRO ONE, ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) and Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard), decided to take a more northerly course and struck out in front with a stronger breeze. Meanwhile, Brasil 1 (Torben Grael), Ericsson Racing Team (John Kostecki) and movistar (Bouwe Bekking), who were further south, fell behind. movistar have suffered the most from this tactical decision and are currently 14 nautical miles behind the leader.
Now the whole fleet have rounded the corner of Cabo Frio, they are heading on a more north easterly course towards Cabo de Sao Tome and are enjoying stronger breezes of between 11 to 15 knots. The leading boat, ABN AMRO ONE, is currently 35 miles from this next prominent headland.
LEG FIVE DAY 2, 03.04.06, 0400 GMT POSITION REPORT
|
|
YACHT |
DTF |
SMG |
24 Hour Run |
24 Hour Speed |
DTL |
DTLC |
SGPTS |
PLPTS |
PTLPTS |
ETA |
POP |
POSITION OVERALL |
|
1 |
ABN1 |
04826 |
11.2 |
No Data |
No Data |
00000 |
+00003 |
0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
23/04/06 __:__:__ |
59.5 |
1 |
|
2 |
ABN2 |
04829 |
10.2 |
No Data |
No Data |
00003 |
-00003 |
0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
24/04/06 __:__:__ |
42.5 |
2 |
|
3 |
POTC |
04830 |
10.2 |
No Data |
No Data |
00004 |
-00003 |
0 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
24/04/06 __:__:__ |
36.5 |
3 |
|
4 |
ERIC |
04832 |
10.2 |
No Data |
No Data |
00006 |
-00005 |
0 |
4.0 |
4.0 |
24/04/06 __:__:__ |
27.5 |
6 |
|
5 |
BRA1 |
04835 |
10.0 |
No Data |
No Data |
00009 |
-00007 |
0 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
25/04/06 __:__:__ |
31.5 |
5 |
|
6 |
MOVI |
04840 |
08.5 |
No Data |
No Data |
00014 |
-00013 |
0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
26/04/06 __:__:__ |
33.0 |
4 |
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 overall 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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