10 June 2006
It’s a wrap
Leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race was concluded today when the second Dutch yacht, ABN AMRO TWO skippered by Frenchman, Sebastien Josse, crossed the finish line in their home port of Rotterdam at 1247 GMT.
After keeping in touch with the fleet as the lead constantly reshuffled, a characteristic of this leg, it was on day seven that the fleet separated and the crew of ABN AMRO TWO found themselves relegated to the ‘silver’ fleet as the six boats in the fleet divided in to two distinct groups.
From that moment it was a battle for ABN AMRO TWO between Brunel (Matt Humphries) and Pirates of the Caribbean as the rest of the fleet sailed away and the trailing three were left wallowing helplessly in no wind.
Now, there are less than 24-hours to rest the crew and ready the boat for tomorrow’s in-port race. But the crew’s first priority will surely be some food, as this team was running low on provisions as the leg took longer than anticipated.
Tomorrow will be the final in-port race of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06, starting at 0900 (GMT), 1100 (local) and lasting around two and a half hours. The fleet will race off the Hoek van Holland and the fleet should be visible from the shore of the Hoek van Holland along to Schevningen.
The yachts are expected to be back in the Veerhaven by approximately 1530 (GMT), 1730 (local) and the prize giving for the podium positions for the day’s racing will follow on the main stage next to the Royal Maas Yacht Club.
As well as full audio commentary, www.volvooceanrace.org http://www.volvooceanrace.org/ will be streaming live visual action and Rotterdam’s local station, TV Rijnmond, will also be covering the race live with footage being shown on the big screen at the Veerhaven. Listen to the race preview online at 0730 (GMT), 0930 (local) and see and hear the live show at 0845 (GMT), 1045 (local).
LEG EIGHT LEADERBOARD (PROVISIONAL)
Leg Standing
Yacht
Leg Points
Finish Time
Elapsed Time
Provisional Total Points Overall
Provisional Position Overall
1
BRASIL 1
7.0
09/06/06 23:18:42
007d 06h 48m 42s
59.0
3
2
ABN AMRO ONE
6.0
09/06/06 23:21:52
007d 06h 51m 52s
90.5
1
3
ERICSSON
5.0
09/06/06 23:47:02
007d 07h 17m 02s
50.0
5
4
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
4.0
10/06/06 11:04:47
007d 18h 34m 47s
63.5
2
5
BRUNEL
3.0
10/06/06 11:40:32
007d 19h 10m 32s
11.0
7
6
ABN AMROTWO
2.0
10/06/06 12:47:51
007d 20h 17m 51s
50.5
4
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
ERIC Ericsson Racing Team
POTC Pirates of the Caribbean
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
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