Assa Abloy and Tyco fight for lead in Volvo Ocean Race

by Volvo Race media on 30 Sep 2001 The fight for the lead is hot now between Assa Abloy and Tyco. Amer Sports
One lacked some speed during the last six hours, losing ground on
illbruck. Team News Corp must have anticipated the decrease in wind speed
in their lane and changed to illbruck's/Amer Sports One's track.

Aboard ASSA ABLOY, life is sunny as Mark Rudiger writes: 'Touchdown
49er's. Or at least that is what this san Francisco dreamer would be
shouting back home. Last nights sailing reminded us all why we keep coming
back in spite of all the beating and discomfort. We were reaching along in
16 plus knots with reaching spinnaker, bright moon, warm air, dolphins
chuffing all around and gaining bearing on our chiseling competitors. Not
bad for a night shift job. We're enjoying it while we can, because up
ahead is light air and blazing heat...not so much fun.'

Grief is building on the faces of the three trailing boats as the wind
comes from variable directions and for SEB it even comes from straight
behind and decreasing. They were constantly losing, during the last six
hours it was another 10 miles. Amer Sports Too and djuice sail on port
tack with winds from the southeast.


Position Report Day 7, 1008 GMT

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 TYCO 34 37.20N 018 13.64W 06109 195 09.4 275 00000 00.2 23 OCT 01 8

2 AART 34 36.48N 018 10.76W 06109 193 09.1 275 00000 00.0 23 OCT 01 7

3 ILBK 34 30.20N 017 48.64W 06110 196 10.7 273 00001 01.0 23 OCT 01 6

4 AONE 34 36.76N 017 43.68W 06118 195 11.4 267 00009 01.0 23 OCT 01 5

5 NEWS 34 39.08N 017 41.48W 06121 200 11.3 267 00012 00.2 23 OCT 01 4

6 DJCE 35 41.96N 017 40.80W 06179 183 09.9 257 00070 -00.3 23 OCT 01 3

7 ATOO 35 51.04N 017 31.36W 06190 197 10.3 250 00081 -00.2 23 OCT 01 2

8 TSEB 35 28.80N 016 27.96W 06190 189 10.7 245 00081 -00.7 23 OCT 01 1


PS - Position; DTF - Distance to Finish; CMG - Course made good; SMG -
Speed made good; TFHR - 24 hours run; DTL - Distance to leader; DTL-C -
Distance to leader change; ETA - Estimated time of arrival; PO - Points;
ND - No data