Tyco makes third, followed by ASSA ABLOY in Volvo leg 4

by Volvo ocean race media on 20 Feb 2002 Tyco finally ended her leg four of the Volvo Ocean Race just after 1300
GMT and managed to get through to the line on the last of the breeze,
leaving ASSA ABLOY stuck in no wind with Amer Sports One approaching from
behind with good speed. There was nothing ASSA ABLOY could do, as with
just one mile to the finish she sat in a huge hole, and watched while Amer
Sports One was catching her up at around 7 knots. Fortunately for Neal
McDonald and his team on ASSA ABLOY, the breeze filled back in for them in
time to hold off Amer Sports One.

Kevin Shoebridge from Tyco was very relieved to have two feet on dry land
and said, “It’s always a relief actually. It’s always a relief to finish
in the top three or four. The Southern Ocean part was really, really
exciting, but it was dangerous. It really was. Some of the boats had a
lot closer calls that we did, but we were missing ice by small bits and
the level that the boats were getting pushed to were pretty extreme.”


Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 24, 1500 GMT

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

1 ILBK 22 54.75S 043 09.40W 00000 000 00.0 000 0 +0 19 FEB 02 5:58 29

2 DJCE 22 55.12S 043 09.52W 00000 000 00.0 000 0 +0 19 FEB 02 11:52 17

3 TYCO 22 58.80S 043 08.80W 00000 000 00.0 000 0 +0 19 FEB 02 12:36 18

4 AART 23 00.56S 043 10.76W 00000 000 00.0 000 0 +0 19 FEB 02 12:57 20

5 AONE 23 14.20S 043 14.96W 00000 000 00.0 000 0 +0 19 FEB 02 15:19 22

6 NEWS 26 27.68S 044 37.76W 00228 066 02.6 176 0 +0 20 FEB 02 17h 19

7 ATOO 28 24.88S 045 42.96W 00358 034 11.9 254 130 -10 21 FEB 02 01h 7

8 TSEB 53 10.16S 070 54.40W - - - - - - - 12


Overall position after four legs pending protests
PS Yacht Leg 4 points Arrival Time Elapsed Time Combined Time PO Overall
Pos.
1 ILBK 8 19 FEB 02 05:58:42 023d 05h 58m 42s 085d 16h 33m 38s 29 1
2 DJCE 7 19 FEB 02 11:52:42 023d 11h 52m 42s 092d 06h 23m 59s 17 6
3 TYCO 6 19 FEB 02 13:04:52 023d 13h 04m 52s - 18 5
4 AART 5 19 FEB 02 14:22:21 023d 14h 22m 21s 089d 18h 56m 07s 20 3
5 AONE 4 19 FEB 02 14:50:55 023d 14h 50m 55s 086d 08h 41m 09s 22 2

Leaderboard
PS Yacht Points
1 illbruck 29
2 Amer Sports One 22
3 ASSA ABLOY 20
4 News Corp 19
5 Tyco 18
6 Djuice 17
7 SEB 12
8 Amer Sports Too 7