Oceanracing 2001 - Volvo Ocean Race 2001/2002

Volvo Ocean Race 2001/2002

zurück zur Übersicht

Southampton, England, October 29, 2001 2200 GMT
illbruck Protested
This afternoon, ASSA ABLOY lodged a protest against leg winner illbruck over the alleged misuse of the Internet. On the protest form, ASSA ABLOY states, that "Access to a site containing extensive meteorological information can only be obtained by adding the suffix '/rsm' to the illbruck Challenge nominated site 'http://atmosfera.lma.fi.upm.es' . The required suffix is not publicly known and it is not mentioned on the Website nor was it published in the Leg 1 Sailing Instructions, Annex C. Therefore, the site was not publicly available nor know to all other boats, so use of it infringes RRS 41 (as it falls outside the exemption of NOR (Notice Of Race) 7.4.3); and NOR 7.4.4.”
Under new rules introduced for the Volvo Ocean Race each team is allowed to list 10 web sites they want to view during each leg. Navigators pick sites where they can download all the information they require for a leg, as met offices from different countries provide different forecasts and it is possible to obtain all manner of other meteorological information from currents to icebergs to different types of satellite weather images. Prior to the start of each leg these lists are compiled and published as part of the leg sailing instructions. The idea is that allowing teams to view the same web sites creates a level playing field.
The hearing was provisionally scheduled for 1400 local time (1200UT) on Thursday 1st November at Race headquarters, Cape Town.
Meanwhile on the race course SEB stays high on the 33rd latitude which is 60 miles north of Cape Town. They are sailing closer to the African coast and increased their lead to 84 miles in djuice. Amer Sports Too is determined to get another point on their account at the closing stage of this race, stays south and tries to get round djuice with a six knot speed advantage.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 37, 2152 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 20:19 8
2 AONE 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 22:20 7
3 NEWS 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 26 OCT 01 05:57 6
4 TYCO 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 27 OCT 01 06:37 5
5 AART 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 28 OCT 01 08:11 4
6 TSEB 33 00.48S 016 24.04E 00116 102 08.9 235 0 00.0 30 OCT 01 11:32 3
7 DJCE 33 27.64S 014 29.36E 00200 122 05.0 163 84 -04.6 30 OCT 01 18:53 2
8 ATOO 33 45.24S 013 41.28E 00238 106 10.5 267 122 01.4 31 OCT 01 00:19 1

Southampton, England, Month Day, 2001 TTTT GMT
SEB makes a break
While djuice virtually stopped in a parking lot that laid in their way to Cape Town, SEB was powering along with eight to nine knots, putting another 40 miles on their closest rival. Djuice managed to cover 16 miles only during the last six hours, which is less than 3 knots average speed.
At the same time Amer Sports Too averaged almost 11 knots, seeing their stakes at the rise when touching 13 knots in bursts of speed. The next hours will be very tense on djuice and Lisa McDonalds girls.

Illbruck: 31d 06h 19m 49s
Amer Sports One: 31d 08h 20m 56s
News Corp: 32d 15h 57m 17s
Tyco: 33d 16h 37m 49s
ASSA ABLOY: 034d 18h 11m 59s

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 37, 1554 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 20:19 8
2 AONE 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 22:20 7
3 NEWS 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 26 OCT 01 05:57 6
4 TYCO 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 27 OCT 01 06:37 5
5 AART 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 28 OCT 01 08:11 4
6 TSEB 32 57.20S 015 21.32E 00166 094 09.9 250 0 00.0 30 OCT 01 10:18 3
7 DJCE 33 09.08S 013 52.92E 00233 102 02.7 196 67 -06.7 30 OCT 01 17:48 2
8 ATOO 33 27.80S 012 26.24E 00302 110 10.8 267 136 01.0 31 OCT 01 00:23 1

Southampton, England, October 29, 2001 Day 37
Mission Control
A day without arrivals in Cape Town gives us an opportunity to highlight how all the information from the competing yachts gets distributed to the global audience and who are the people in contact with the yachts on a 24/7 basis.
The yachts generate a variety of data, some automatically via sensors and computers, others through the sailors themselves, be it written text, audio, video or still images. All this data is then transmitted via Satcom terminals to Volvo Ocean Race headquarter in Southampton / UK, ending up in the Operations Room, run by the Duty Officers.
Even though Volvo Event Management employs the Duty Officers, mentally they are closer to the yachts and the sailors than to anybody else in the whole organisation. They are confidants of the crews and the skippers and the operations room is their doindex. Information that comes in is classified until officially released by them; visitors have to obtain permission to get into this mission control centre, as the race can be followed live from here, and the information cannot be leaked before the release of the next position report.
Debbie Hawden, a round the world racing sailor herself and one of the three female Duty Officers comments that “the job asks for a lot of responsibility, because in the case of an emergency, we might be the only ones who are able to communicate with the yachts and coordinate any safety or rescue measures. On the other hand we make sure that all the yachts comply with the racing rules and the race is fair.”
The core tasks are to monitor the yacht’s progress in the race, to relay messages from the yachts, to issue the position reports and in case of a crisis to liase between rescue coordination centres and the yachts. At the heart of the system is a highly refined BT Race Management System, which shows the yachts’ data spread on several computer screens.
Recently, Brooks & Gatehouse added a new dimension to Volvo Ocean Race monitoring, when they installed five 40/40 large data display units on a mast section inside the Southampton based operations headquarters of the Volvo Ocean Race providing a valuable asset to the ‘round the clock’ performance monitoring of the fleet. This is the same system the yachts are using to make the yacht’s actual performance visible to the whole crew.
At the push of a button, the B&G 40/40s display the current boat speed, wind speed angles and directions, and compass heading from any one of the eight Volvo boats, all of which are fitted with comprehensive B&G Hercules Systems.
Data is collected every 10 minutes from the B&G systems on each race yacht via an interface port on the Hercules processor. The information is then transmitted via satellite to Race headquarters where it is translated and displayed on the 40/40 displays. As Michael Woods, Director of Race Operations commented, “The 40/40s are quite something. We are seeing the same read-outs as the skippers, only we are thousands of miles away! It gives our team a tremendous sense of involvement”.
The 40/40 large data displays were launched by B&G in April 2001 to answer the problems that large boat crews were encountering in not being able to see clear data readouts. As Campbell Field, Product Manager at B&G and ex-Whitbread sailor explains “What we have achieved with the 40/40s is the largest and sharpest digital display unit available for marine use. The displays have been engineered and vigorously tested to the same high standards as the smaller 20/20 displays that are equipped on board all eight of the Volvo 60’s. These standards are essential for the conditions the yachts will be facing, and they will be tested to their fullest on the Volvo Ocean Race”.

WDR 3 - 17.00 - 17.30 Uhr VPS 1659
Leinen los! Illbrucks Sieg in Kapstadt
Ein Bericht von Peter Carstens
Mit einem eindrucksvollen ersten Etappensieg hat die Leverkusener Rennyacht Illbruck die Führung beim Volvo Ocean Race sensationell übernommen.
Skipper John Kostecki und seine Crew benötigten für den Kurs über 7.350 Seemeilen von Southampton nach Kapstadt 31 Tage, 6 Stunden und 17 Minuten.
Insgesamt acht internationale Teams sind bei diesem härtesten Hochseerennen der Welt dabei. Die Deutschen segeln zum ersten Mal mit und gelten gleich als Favorit. Neun Etappen mit insgesamt 32.250 Seemeilen müssen zurückgelegt werden. Das Ziel ist Kiel und müsste im Frühjahr 2002 erreicht werden.
Die Reportage von Peter Carstens hat das Training, den Start und die erste Etappe begleitet.

Wer also sicher gehen und nichts verpassen will sollte den Videorekorder auf VPS oder 17.00-17.45 Uhr stellen.

Southampton, England, October 29, 2001 1000 GMT
Has it been all bad? “No, of course not,” answers Gurra Krantz, Skipper of the Swedish Volvo Ocean Race entry SEB, with 223 miles to the finish in Cape Town. “We have had our moments and the last couple of weeks we have had some really good racing with Amer Sports Too and djuice. We are still enjoying it and it will be a battle to the finish with djuice,” he continued, but also saying that they are very keen to get their feet on African soil.
As SEB and djuice started to slow down a bit, it’s on the girls on Amer Sports Too to catch up a bit. At the moment their ETA is 12 hours behind djuice, so they better speed up a lot.

Illbruck: 31d 06h 19m 49s
Amer Sports One: 31d 08h 20m 56s
News Corp: 32d 15h 57m 17s
Tyco: 33d 16h 37m 49s
ASSA ABLOY: 034d 18h 11m 59s

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 37, 0956 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 20:19 8
2 AONE 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 22:20 7
3 NEWS 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 26 OCT 01 05:57 6
4 TYCO 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 27 OCT 01 06:37 5
5 AART 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 28 OCT 01 08:11 4
6 TSEB 32 53.16S 014 11.04E 00223 101 08.9 263 0 00.0 30 OCT 01 09:53 3
7 DJCE 33 05.72S 013 33.88E 00250 102 08.4 258 27 -00.5 30 OCT 01 12:47 2
8 ATOO 33 05.60S 011 14.12E 00365 104 10.7 259 142 01.8 31 OCT 01 01:11 1

Southampton, England, October 29, 2001 0400 GMT
Light Air Ahead
SEB and djuice are entering the light air patch 260 miles to the west of Cape Town, making the next six hours crucial for the result of SEB, djuice and Amer Sports Too. Right now it is still pleasant sailing with 20 degrees air and water temperature and 12 knots of wind und a full cloud cover.
Amer Sports Too enjoys similar conditions and has gained seven miles on SEB and 16 on djuice.

Illbruck: 31d 06h 19m 49s
Amer Sports One: 31d 08h 20m 56s
News Corp: 32d 15h 57m 17s
Tyco: 33d 16h 37m 49s
ASSA ABLOY: 034d 18h 11m 59s

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 37, 0358 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL ROC ETA PO
1 ILBK 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 20:19 8
2 AONE 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 24 OCT 01 22:20 7
3 NEWS 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 26 OCT 01 05:57 6
4 TYCO 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 27 OCT 01 06:37 5
5 AART 33 54.06S 018 25.97E 00000 000 00.0 000 0 00.0 28 OCT 01 08:11 4
6 TSEB 32 43.12S 013 09.04E 00276 112 10.7 271 0 00.0 30 OCT 01 05:01 3
7 DJCE 32 55.44S 012 35.72E 00300 113 09.2 263 24 -01.5 30 OCT 01 08:29 2
8 ATOO 32 50.60S 010 00.00E 00429 107 11.8 253 153 01.1 30 OCT 01 20:49 1