End Of A Long Day For News Corp

by Volvo Ocean race news on 21 Feb 2002 On the last miles, News Corp had to beat into headwinds after the wind
shifted over the last several hours all the way to the north-northeast. A
relieved crew took down the sails after crossing the finish line, knowing
that they have made the best that was possible under the circumstances.

News Corp sailed a strong leg, always close to the leading yacht illbruck,
until the first disaster struck when they hit a growler on the morning of
February 7. A shocked crew turned the boat to the northeast and made her
way to warmer latitudes to escape the strong grip of the ice. There they
pushed hard and moved up in the standings again. But too much damage was
done to the rudder and it finally failed on February 14, 1250 miles from
the finish in Rio. Within two hours the yacht was back on her way to Rio
under emergency rudder.

After arriving, Ross Field gave evidence about the collision with the
iceberg: “This was the worst danger I have been in, very dangerous. I was
seriously worried, but I mean, we kept hammering on.”

Amer Sports Too is still sailing in favourable southeasterly winds,
expected to finish at 0500 GMT.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 25, 2200 GMT

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR ETA PO

7 ATOO 24 38.20S 044 17.36W 00064 033 09.4 216 21 FEB 02 05:00 7


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

6 NEWS 3 20 FEB 02 21:55:10 024d 21h 55m 10s 088d 20h 04m 50s 19 4

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