Volvo Ocean Race 2001/2002 www.VolvoOceanRace.org zurück zur Übersicht Southampton, England, November 24th, 2001 16.00hrs GMT Within Spitting Distance After two weeks at sea, the leaders in the Volvo Ocean Race are within earshot of each other. Less than a mile separates leaders illbruck and Team News Corp with 450 miles to go to Eclipse Island. "What a race. We have just spent the night doing battle with illbruck. They are now about five boat lengths to leeward on the beam, They are so close we can here them easing sheets on their winches," explained ASSA ABLOY's bowman Jason Carrington earlier today. The yachts are currently sailing in a 10-12 knot northwesterly breeze and making a similar speed to the waypoint. ASSA ABLOY has since slipped a mile behind but Carrington reports that, "the atmosphere on board is both tense and excited. Magnus [Olsson] looks like he is going to explode with excitement at the reading of each six hour sched." Lisa McDonald's team on Amer Sports Too continue to be the fastest yacht in the fleet with an additional four knots of boat speed that is gradually eating away at their deficit, which is down to 378 miles. Amer Sports One's Keith Kilpatrick, the center of attention for several days now, was well enough to speak to Volvo Ocean Race organizers earlier today. "Today's been quite a big improvement. I'm off the needle and taking drinks orally, which is pretty nice. In some way, shape or form I have done something to my intestines. Whatever the trouble was, it has partially subsided," he explained. Southampton, England, November 24, 2001, Leg 2, Day 14 13.30hrs GMT Latest Information On Amer Sports One Rendezvous Following communication with Amer Sports One, arrangements for the rendezvous with the yacht to take off crewman Keith Kilpatrick have now been altered. As Keith Kilpatrick's condition has improved over the last few hours, Roger Nilson, a qualified doctor and Amer Sports One navigator, has decided that it will be better for his patient to reindex onboard to the Australian coast. The transfer is now planned to take place at Eclipse Island, five miles south of Albany on the southwest tip of Australia. Kilpatrick will then be taken by the pickup vessel to Albany. The pickup vessel will reindex on standby should an earlier rendezvous become necessary again. END Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE