ABN Amro 1 is Leader of the Pack

by Sacha Oswald on 4 Apr 2006 ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) is back on top, leading the fleet as they race towards the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha, off Recife in Brazil. Pirates of the Caribbean is now equal with ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse), just four miles behind the black boat. ABN AMRO TWO has lost a mile, while Ericsson (John Kostecki) has gained one in the last six hours.

Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) and movistar (Bouwe Bekking) have both opted for a more inshore course, which, at present, is not paying off. They have lost nine and eight miles respectively in the lighter and more unstable breeze, slipping 22 miles behind the leading group and Brasil 1 is now sailing two knots slower than the more easterly Pirates of the Caribbean.

Cabo de Sao Tome is 36 miles to the east of Brasil 1 as the fleet sails on starboard gybe on a broad reach, just the conditions that ABN AMRO ONE enjoys.

LEG FIVE DAY 2, 03.04.06, 1000 GMT POSITION REPORT

	YACHT	Latitude	Longitude	DTF	SMG	DTL	DTLC	PLPTS	PTLPTS	ETA	POP	POSITION OVERALL
1	ABN1	21 22.12S	040 18.10W	04738	15.1	00000	+00000	7.0	7.0	20/04/06 __:__:__	59.5	1
2	POTC	21 25.58S	040 19.06W	04742	15.2	00004	+00000	6.0	6.0	20/04/06 __:__:__	37.5	3
3	ABN2	21 27.08S	040 15.67W	04742	15.2	00004	-00001	5.0	5.0	20/04/06 __:__:__	41.5	2
4	ERIC	21 27.48S	040 17.81W	04743	15.3	00005	+00001	4.0	4.0	20/04/06 __:__:__	27.5	6
5	BRA1	21 38.10S	040 26.40W	04756	13.5	00018	-00009	3.0	3.0	22/04/06 __:__:__	31.5	5
6	MOVI	21 42.89S	040 26.17W	04760	14.0	00022	-00008	2.0	2.0	22/04/06 __:__:__	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

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