Volvo Ocean Race Team Seb picks up parts in Volvo Ocean Race

by Volvo Ocean Race on 1 Oct 2001 Following damage to her mainsail headboard car, the Swedish green yacht,
SEB, anchored off the small Island of Porto Santo, 20 miles north east of
Madeira this morning, to collect vital spare parts.

The logistical challenge to deliver the right parts to the yacht was
simply enormous. 'We have had eight to ten guys working on this for the
last 48 hours,' said Pelle Norberg, SEB syndicate head.

>From the yacht, skipper Gunnar Krantz explained the way the team rallied
to support them “Scott McAllister, our shore manager, was woken up at
three o’clock in the morning. From his bed in Perth, of course using his
Ericsson world phone, with his Swedish mobile number, he communicated with
Sweden, Madeira, the UK and the boat. He got hold of a boat in Madeira,
he communicated with our office in Stockholm, called our shore team
member, Jonas Nilsson in Gothenburg and got him to pick up equipment and
jump on a plane to Madeira the next morning. A powerboat was waiting and
late at night we had a rendezvous close to the island of Porto Santo. We
anchored within one mile of land and the job's done”.

From Team News Corp in fifth, skipper Jez Fanstone said in a radio
interview today, “Miles are very hard to gain and very easy to lose. We
took a slightly different course from the rest of the fleet at the
beginning. We were a little bit behind but we felt confident that it would
pay off and here we are today sitting within striking distance of second
place. We have a little plan for the next few days and we’ll see how
that comes together”.

“The biggest problem we are going to encounter within the next week is the
heat and humidity,” added Jez.

Amer Sports Too, djuice and SEB are still lagging behind but remain
focused and resilient as the leg is still far from lost or won. “We are
pushing the boat as much as possible under a code 0 (zero) upwind. Every
gram is stacked to weather,” reported djuice helmsman Stig Westergaard
late last night.

“The position reports are not always nice reading. It is somewhat
frustrating to see the leaders enlarge their gain just by being further
into the wind. Hopefully they will park in the ridge before us. The
atmosphere is great though. Everybody is chipping in the best they can,”
added Stig.

Volvo Ocean Race Leg One Position Report Day 8, 0954 GMT

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO

1 TYCO 30 38.96N 018 58.32W 05874 188 10.2 244 00000 00.0 23 OCT 01 8

2 AART 30 46.32N 018 37.72W 05888 199 08.7 235 00014 -02.2 23 OCT 01 7

3 AONE 30 48.16N 018 36.40W 05890 203 09.1 236 00016 -00.8 23 OCT 01 6

4 ILBK 30 50.04N 018 39.56W 05891 187 08.0 229 00017 -02.3 23 OCT 01 5

5 NEWS 30 50.92N 018 35.60W 05893 202 09.8 235 00019 -00.7 23 OCT 01 4

6 DJCE 31 54.96N 018 29.36W 05954 197 09.0 244 00080 00.7 23 OCT 01 3

7 ATOO 32 12.56N 018 35.56W 05968 204 10.1 227 00094 01.1 23 OCT 01 2

8 TSEB 31 35.96N 016 03.16W 05989 156 07.9 242 00115 -01.0 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