A Ride on the Wild Side

by Volvo Ocean race media on 27 May 2002 With both wind and tide now in their favour, the yachts competing in the
Volvo Ocean Race are enjoying a swift passage up the English Channel. The
tide is due to turn against them within the next hour or two, giving a
wind over tide situation, which will make for a very uncomfortable ride
for the next few hours.

A recent message from SEB to Race HQ sums it up
well: “Rough seas and lots of breeze, banging and crashing in the waves,
wet and wet again, but good racing with almost everybody in sight all the
time. Not at all easy to sell the first dinner – nobody had any great
appetite!”

The boats are currently positioned 46 miles due south of Southampton, the
place where it all began some eight months ago, but there are still
several days of all out match racing to go before they reach the finish of
the race in Kiel on 9th June, if the current state of play is anything to
go by – just 3 miles separating the first 6 yachts.


Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day -29, 2207 GMT

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

1 AART 50 09.20N 001 21.12W 741 60 15.3 220 0 0 29/05/02 17:16 49

2 TYCO 50 08.56N 001 20.72W 742 70 16 219 1 0 29/05/02 17:16 40

3 AONE 50 08.52N 001 21.40W 742 68 15.3 219 1 +1 29/05/02 17:19 42

4 ILBK 50 08.40N 001 23.52W 743 71 15.1 219 2 +2 29/05/02 17:23 54

5 NEWS 50 09.36N 001 25.16W 744 62 15.4 220 3 +1 29/05/02 17:26 38

6 TSEB 50 09.88N 001 26.12W 744 68 15.4 220 3 0 29/05/02 17:29 29

7 DJCE 50 11.56N 001 37.48W 749 56 14.1 221 8 +4 29/05/02 17:57 25

8 ATOO 49 57.72N 002 33.72W 788 54 13.1 202 47 +8 29/05/02 21:27 11