Conditions moderate for NZLYT Auckland Suva Race

by Sail-World on 5 Jun 2006 The competitors in the NZL Yachting Trust Auckland Fiji Race have seen conditions moderate from the first two days of strong headwinds and big seas.

After the 0640hrs schedule this morning the wind is reported to have swung to the north west and the seas have moderated a lot.

The breeze is expected to moderate further and continue to swing to the south west.

At the latest report the Cookson 50 Pussy Galore (Anatole Masfen) was leading the Elliot 50 Sportivo (Wayne Tomlinson) by nine miles.

No reason was known for the withdrawal of Truxton, however all was well on board and she is returning to Auckland today.

In the Cruising fleets the lead boats have a 10 knot breeze from the WNW and have had rather an easier time than the Racing division.

NZL Yachting Trust 2006 Auckland-Fiji Race

Boat positions at Mon 05 Jun 2006 06:40

Name	Lat	Long	Covered	To Finish	ETA
Archon	25°25'S	178°20'E	710	454	Thu 08 Jun 06:40
Aurora Lights	28°42'S	178°27'E	522	650	Sun 11 Jun 02:50
Bullrush	32°16'S	175°42'E	279	864	Sat 10 Jun 12:50
Hot Shot	25°12'S	177°24'E	712	436	Thu 08 Jun 03:44
Kaitorete	24°55'S	178°13'E	737	423	Wed 07 Jun 23:17
Lady Mink	26°53'S	176°27'E	604	539	Fri 09 Jun 11:11
Lion New Zealand	31°57'S	176°44'E	309	842	Fri 09 Jun 21:26
Pussy Galore	30°51'S	176°02'E	365	778	Thu 08 Jun 21:17
Quintessence	25°09'S	177°24'E	715	433	Thu 08 Jun 02:58
Sportivo	31°00'S	176°17'E	359	786	Thu 08 Jun 23:47
Tomodachi	23°48'S	176°52'E	791	353	Wed 07 Jun 08:56
Touchstone	32°53'S	175°31'E	241	902	Sun 11 Jun 15:08
Trance	23°57'S	177°14'E	784	361	Wed 07 Jun 10:32
Uncle Arthur	27°17'S	177°55'E	596	563	Fri 09 Jun 17:07
Wild Card	31°53'S	176°49'E	314	838	Fri 09 Jun 19:06
Wright One	26°48'S	177°07'E	615	532	Fri 09 Jun 08:15

Average Speeds

A Southern Man AGD and Truxton have withdrawn from racing, but all other boats are racing. Position reports were not received from Drina, Maeva or Skiddy Too at the morning sched on 5 June.

Name	Last 12 hours	Last 24 hours	Since start
Archon	80nm at 6.7kt	141nm at 5.9kt	710nm at 6.3kt
Aurora Lights	39nm at 3.3kt	0nm at 0.0kt	522nm at 4.6kt
Bullrush	94nm at 7.8kt	177nm at 7.4kt	279nm at 6.9kt
Hot Shot	82nm at 6.8kt	160nm at 6.7kt	712nm at 6.3kt
Kaitorete	77nm at 6.4kt	152nm at 6.3kt	737nm at 6.5kt
Lady Mink	203nm at 16.9kt	140nm at 5.8kt	604nm at 5.4kt
Lion New Zealand	116nm at 9.7kt	208nm at 8.7kt	309nm at 7.6kt
Pussy Galore	127nm at 10.6kt	247nm at 10.3kt	365nm at 9.0kt
Quintessence	86nm at 7.2kt	161nm at 6.7kt	715nm at 6.3kt
Sportivo	130nm at 10.8kt	247nm at 10.3kt	359nm at 8.8kt
Tomodachi	87nm at 7.3kt	157nm at 6.5kt	791nm at 7.0kt
Touchstone	89nm at 7.4kt	164nm at 6.8kt	241nm at 5.9kt
Trance	84nm at 7.0kt	161nm at 6.7kt	784nm at 7.0kt
Uncle Arthur	64nm at 5.3kt	118nm at 4.9kt	596nm at 5.3kt
Wild Card	111nm at 9.3kt	212nm at 8.8kt	314nm at 7.7kt
Wright One	77nm at 6.4kt	137nm at 5.7kt	615nm at 5.5kt