17.04.2006
Hand brake in the Chesapeake
Ten miles from the finish line of leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race and race leader ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) has fallen into light airs and has slowed down to a nerve wracking one knot. Movistar (Bouwe Bekking) in second still has 12 knots of breeze and is sailing at 13 knots, 23 nautical miles behind the leader. With the tide turning against them, will the Spanish team be able to catch Sanderson and his men on ABN AMRO ONE? Or will the breeze fill in and allow them to keep their poll position?
Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard) has 181 nautical miles to the finish and is 54 nautical miles from the Chesapeake Bay entrance. Ericsson Racing Team (John Kosteki) is only 23 nautical miles in front of Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) with ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) 17 miles behind them, bringing up the rear. The three yachts in fourth, fifth and sixth all have over 200 nautical miles to the finish in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
There will be an update as soon as the first yacht finishes.
LEG FIVE DAY 16, 17.04.06, 1600 GMT POSITION REPORT
YACHT
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
DTL
DTLC
PTLPTS
POP
OVERALL
1
ABN1
38 53.54N
076 25.37W
00010
07.7
242
10.1
00000
+00000
10.0
62.5
1
2
MOVI
38 27.52N
076 21.43W
00036
12.1
250
10.4
00026
+00013
9.5
40.5
2
3
POTC
36 25.68N
075 06.05W
00181
18.6
265
11.0
00171
+00033
7.5
39.0
4
4
ERIC
35 38.29N
074 15.26W
00244
15.0
295
12.3
00234
+00022
6.0
29.5
6
5
BRA1
35 40.23N
073 35.87W
00267
18.5
294
12.2
00257
+00017
4.5
33.0
5
6
ABN2
35 30.20N
073 19.53W
00284
15.4
302
12.6
00274
+00022
3.0
39.5
3
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
ERIC Ericsson Racing Team
MOVI movistar
POTC Pirates of the Caribbean
DTF: distance to finish, SMG: Speed made good, DTL: distance to leader,
DTLC: distance to leader change; the difference between the distance from the boat to the leader taken at the time of the last six hour poll, and the distance from the boat to the leader at the previous poll
SGPTS: points scored at scoring gates on this leg to date
PLPTS: projected leg points
PTLPTS: projected total leg points including actual points from scoring gates
POP: projected overall points including actual points from scoring gates
OVERALL: projected position in race overall if yacht maintains current position
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The Volvo Ocean Race
- The Volvo Ocean Race is a round the world yacht race featuring nine offshore legs, over 31,250 nautical miles. The 2005-06 features an inshore race at each of the main stopover ports.
- Four teams from the last race measured the media value of their exposure. The results showed an average of US$50 million, which equates to a 200-300% return on their sponsorship investment.
- The Volvo Ocean Race 2001-02 achieved a cumulative audience of over 800 million viewers ranking it among the top international sporting events.
- Further information can be found at www.volvooceanrace.org .
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