Oceanyachting - EDS Atlantic Challenge Zurück zurück 9 Aug 2001 01:00 GMT At 21.01.46 local time in Boston, Kingfisher crossed the finish line and won Leg 4 of the EDS Atlantic Challenge. Kingfisher finished about 10 miles ahead of second place ECOVER. It was the second leg win in a row for the Kingfisher team and the second time the yacht came from behind to snatch the win from a previous leader. Kingfisher skipper Nick Moloney was visibly excited by the victory. "It was a great race," Moloney gushed upon arrival at the dock. "I'm really am grateful to have had the chance to do this. The pressure was really big when Ellen left this in my hands. We went for it, we really we went for it and I think we deserve to win. It was a privilege to sail with such a great team." Almost exactly one hour after Kingfisher crossed, ECOVER finished to take second place. Their official time was 22:04:54 local time. ECOVER skipper Mike Golding used his yacht's superior downwind abilities earlier in the leg to pass Kingfisher one day into the leg. But he was only able to hold first place until the offshore winds disappeared, taking with them his downwind advantage. "We went inshore to get the offshore breeze," Golding said. "Classic -- we just ended, parked up in a bit of a hole and Kingfisher just rolled in on us. They were on the inside, we were on the outside. The separation was about a mile-and-a-half and they got away, we didn't. We got away about a quarter of an hour later and that was enough to give them a little edge." Kingfisher passed ECOVER and steadily extended its lead for the reindexder of the leg. Behind ECOVER, Josh Hall and his Gartmore team took the third podium spot over last place AlphaGraphics, approximately 40 miles out and due in to the dock in about 4-6 hours. Stephen Pizzo editor@edsatlanticchallenge.com ©2001 Challenge Business - About - Terms of use - Privacy Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE