Pressemitteilung der illbruck Challenge vom 11. Tag der 7. Etappe des
Volvo Ocean Race
HINWEISE FÜR DIE REDAKTIONEN AM ENDE
8. Mai 2002
„illbruck“ auf dem Weg zum Etappensieg
Rund 40 Seemeilen vor „Assa Abloy“ und „Tyco“ / Noch 400 Seemeilen
La Rochelle – 14 Grad Lufttemperatur und eine kühle Nordostbrise meldeten
die Hochseesegler am Mittwoch Morgen vom Volvo Ocean Race – vom warmen
Frühjahr noch keine Spur. Auf den letzten 400 Seemeilen der siebten Etappe
von Annapolis/USA nach La Rochelle/Frankreich hatten alle Yachten ihren
Kurs exakt auf den Zielhafen abgesteckt und liefen mit zehn bis elf Knoten
in die Biscaya ein. Allen voran weiter die Leverkusener „illbruck“ unter
Skipper John Kostecki“. Der Vorsprung vor der härtesten Verfolgerin auch
in der Gesamtwertung, „Assa Abloy“ (Schweden), betrug 39 Seemeilen. Vier
weitere Seemeilen zurück folgte die „Tyco“ (Bermudas). Mit einem Einlauf
in Frankreich wurde im Laufe des Donnerstags (Himmelfahrt) gerechnet.
Am elften Tag der Atlantiküberquerung philosophierten die zwölf Mann an
Bord der deutschen Yacht über die Symptome des Hochseesegelns:
20 Anzeichen, dass du zu lange auf See warst
Mastmann Jamie Gale und die illbruck-Crew über das Volvo Ocean 60-Segeln
1. 30 Knoten Bootsgeschwindigkeit regen dich nicht mehr zu einem Kommentar
an.
2. Du denkst, dass es einen trockenen Schlafsack nur im Film gibt.
3. Dir fällt auf, dass du eine Lieblings-gefriergetrocknete-Mahlzeit hast,
und...
4. ...du weißt instinktiv, wann sie fertig ist.
5. Ein 450 Seemeilen-Tag ist für dich „frustrierend“ und „enttäuschend“.
6. Du hast gelernt, sanft zu furzen, um mögliche „konkrete Folgen“ zu
vermeiden.
7. Weniger als 2000 Meilen vom Ziel entfernt, heißt für dich fast da zu
sein.
8. Du hast trockene Kleidung in der Tasche, ziehst sie aber nicht an, weil
allein der Gedanke daran, direkt wieder nass zu werden, zu viel ist.
9. Ein Snickers ist dir 100 Dollar wert.
10. Du würdest dein Snickers glücklich weggeben für 30 Minuten extra
Schlaf.
11. Drei Stunden Schlaf mit nur einem einzigen Segelwechsel bedeuten für
dich, ausgeschlafen zu sein.
12. Ray ist die letzte Person an Bord, die herausgefunden hat, was seine
Frau mit „wirklich gute Neuigkeiten“ und „wir haben eine Menge zu
besprechen“ meint.
13. Du gewinnst das Trivialquiz, weil du die Antwort auf die Frage „Wer
spielte Gitarre für Toyah Wilcox auf dem Album ‚Anthem’?“ weißt.
14. Es bläst 40 Knoten, du trimmst den Spinnaker, und es stört weder dich
noch sonst jemanden, wenn du mal kurz einnickst.
15. Alle an Bord sind sich einig, dass 41 Knoten Wind mit der
Masttopbeseglung „haarig“ sind. Die Debatte entbrennt darum, ob 35 bis 37
Knoten auch schon „haarig“ oder bloß „am oberen Ende“ sind.
16. Du realisierst, dass es übertriebene Hygiene wäre, mehr als einmal die
Unterwäsche zu wechseln.
17. Menschen gehen „Beziehungen“ mit Segeln ein, und...
18. ...Gerüchte darüber, dass diese „mehr als rein emotional“ seien,
stören dich nicht übermäßig.
19. Du meinst, das Wort „re-stack“ (wieder zusammenpacken) sollte nur vier
Buchstaben haben (Rest=Pause).
20. Du fängst an, Mitgefühl für die Jungs auf Nicht-Farr-Booten zu
entwickeln.
Southampton, England, May 8, 2002 Day 11
Welcome To France
“I use the opportunity of this daily report to transmit a "Welcome to
France" to the fleet and shore teams,” wrote Sidney Gavignet from ASSA
ABLOY, one of the four French crew members that are currently on their way
to La Rochelle on V.O.60s.
For the French sailors in this race it is very special to return to their
homeland, especially to La Rochelle with the medieval port and castle. The
old port of La Rochelle, the heart of the city, beats to the rhythm of the
tides. Close by, the morning market is about to bristle with pyramids of
pink prawns, still alive, of fish with clear eyes and bright red gills,
proof of their freshness, of boxes of mussels still shining from the water
of the mussel beds and of the thousands of hampers of oysters which will
be off to grace the party on the tables of Paris.
La Rochelle is ranked the number two French fishing port for fresh fish.
It is one of France’s first yachting ports, and this is where the largest
national concentration of companies linked to water sports can be found.
Everything here speaks of the sea, which is friendlier than in Brittany,
where it often wears the dark colours of tragedy, and less cultural than
the Mediterranean, where everything came from the sea. Here, the sea is a
partner with whom to live, eat, create, export, travel, entertain.
La Rochelle is a remarkable city that will be 1000 years old in 2023,
where the sea enables contacts, travels, departures and reunions. For many
years a key city during the Reformation, La Rochelle has kept a tradition
of being welcoming, open minded, and fostering a spirit of enterprise.
This town on the west coast of France is a fascinating mixture of the old
and the new. Fishing and shipbuilding play a large part in the local
culture. The Old Port is a popular tourist location, with its many street
cafés and restaurants.
France and La Rochelle have a long history in round the world racing. Eric
Tabarly, the French godfather of ocean racing set out in the first race in
1973/74 to conquer the world’s oceans with a revolutionary design,
sporting a Uranium keel. Three weeks out on leg one, it was not the keel
that shattered the dreams, but the index mast that broke. Even though the
French participation was strong, it took until the fourth race in 1985/86
that a French yacht brought home victory - Lionel Pean on Esprit d’Equipe
took the overall price.
The last French yacht to participate in the race was again Eric Tabarly in
the 93/94 race aboard La Poste. Four years later France lost the nation’s
sailing hero when he went over board from his beloved yacht Pen Duick I in
the Irish Sea.
Today Sidney Gavignet wrote from ASSA ABLOY, currently in second position:
“Back to France, my country,..., that's cool ! We are about 10 French guys
in the race including shore teams, I am happy to be one of them
representing "our sailing" into this very Anglo-Saxon oriented race. We
need more Anglo-Saxon coming sailing in France bringing different ways of
doing it.”
But La Rochelle’s fame also grips the imagination of sailors from the
other side of the world. Anthony ‘Nocka” Nossiter from djuice already
wrote some days ago: “I hear La Rochelle has famous oysters? I expect an
oyster to be my first feed once we hit shore. It will be tough trying to
compete to the Australian Sydney rock oyster, proven by oyster specialists
to be the most potent of all oyster aphrodisiacs? Perhaps a little vino
[wine] too.”
Lets share Sidney Gavignet’s wish for the next two weeks: “I wish this
stopover will be the best one.”
On the racecourse all the boats are homing in for La Rochelle, with Amer
Sports One setting the pace with that bit of extra boat speed in critical
situations, which has given Grant Dalton some good results on previous
legs. Will he be able to catch Tyco on these last miles towards the finish
line?
Gurra Krantz’s SEB to the south is gaining on djuice only and they are
watching the fleet anxiously. They have to sail the closest wind angle
towards La Rochelle, but as Gurra mentioned in an email: “No guts, no
glory they say, but not this time.”
ASSA ABLOY holds the four-mile lead over Tyco, a cushion they are eager to
protect. To ASSA ABLOY it will be even more important that Tyco stays in
front of News Corp and Amer Sports One as those two boats are the index
rivals for podium places in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Southampton, England, May 8th, 2002 2200 GMT
Reaching for the Finish
There is now less than 200 miles to run for Illbruck, the leading boat in
this 7th leg of the Volvo Ocean Race, and a daylight finish in the lovely
old port of La Rochelle is very much on the cards. With the wind forecast
to be a bracing northerly for the last 18 hours of the leg, the yachts
should be reaching briskly to the finishing line. With a lead of 45 miles
over the 2nd boat, ASSA ABLOY, it is unlikely that Illbruck will be
overtaken at this stage. The 2nd and 3rd places seem to be booked by ASSA
ABLOY and Tyco, but there is a fight going on for 4th position, with Amer
Sports 1 doggedly inching her way to within 5 miles of SEB, having put 14
miles between herself and News Corp, currently in 6th place. This should
prove to be a suitably fast finish to what has been a tough but
exhilarating leg, with a new world 24 hour distance record for sail
powered monohulls awaiting ratification.
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 11, 2213 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 ILBK 46 40.08N 005 40.60W 186 97 13.7 285 0 0 09/05/02 12:55 49
2 AART 46 43.24N 006 46.36W 231 98 13.1 283 45 +3 09/05/02 16:31 41
3 TYCO 46 48.76N 006 56.68W 239 98 12.6 280 53 +7 09/05/02 17:06 33
4 TSEB 46 01.04N 007 37.20W 265 91 12.7 276 79 +7 09/05/02 19:12 26
5 AONE 46 48.48N 007 43.08W 270 97 11.8 276 84 +11 09/05/02 19:39 36
6 NEWS 47 07.40N 007 59.20W 284 97 10.7 264 98 +19 09/05/02 20:43 34
7 DJCE 46 48.12N 009 28.56W 342 93 12.5 268 156 +7 10/05/02 01:24 23
8 ATOO 44 38.96N 063 34.24W - - - - - - - -
Southampton, England, May 8, 2002 1600 GMT
Welcome To France
Once again the teams are focusing on the time after the arrival, after
completing the circumnavigation this night when they cross their tracks
from leg one. Especially the four French crewmembers onboard ASSA ABLOY
and djuice are keen to come home as Sidney Gavignet wrote this morning: “I
use the opportunity of this daily report to transmit a "Welcome to France"
to the fleet and shore teams.”
As the flu on illbruck has caught another two victims, the yachts seems to
be eager to get to La Rochelle and is leaving the opposition even further
behind. Just SEB in the slightly stronger breeze to the south could keep
up the pace, losing only two miles over the last six hours. They have
regained fourth place from Amer Sports One. The closest racing toward the
finish line can be expected from SEB, Amer Sports One and News Corp.
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 11, 1554 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 ILBK 46 50.48N 007 42.60W 270 95 11.8 271 0 0 09/05/02 14:25 49
2 AART 46 54.12N 008 42.96W 312 93 11.1 267 42 +5 09/05/02 17:50 41
3 TYCO 46 59.32N 008 48.52W 316 95 11.1 265 46 +5 09/05/02 18:14 33
4 TSEB 46 03.04N 009 28.80W 342 87 11.6 263 72 +2 09/05/02 20:25 26
5 AONE 46 57.20N 009 28.28W 343 94 10.8 267 73 +7 09/05/02 20:28 36
6 NEWS 47 14.76N 009 34.08W 349 95 10.6 261 79 +8 09/05/02 21:00 34
7 DJCE 46 51.48N 011 20.84W 419 89 11 255 149 +5 10/05/02 02:49 23
8 ATOO 44 38.96N 063 34.24W 4512 0 0 152 4242 +71 No Data 10
Southampton, England, May 8, 2002 1000 GMT
No Guts, No Glory
All the boats are homing in for La Rochelle, with Amer Sports One setting
the pace with that bit of extra boat speed in critical situations, which
has given Grant Dalton some good results on previous legs. Will he be able
to catch Tyco on these last miles towards the finish line?
Gurra Krantz’s SEB to the south is gaining on djuice only and they are
watching the fleet anxiously. They have to sail the closest wind angle
towards La Rochelle, but as Gurra mentioned in an email: “No guts, no
glory they say, but not this time.”
ASSA ABLOY holds the four-mile lead over Tyco, a cushion they are eager to
protect. To ASSA ABLOY it will be even more important that Tyco stays in
front of News Corp and Amer Sports One as those two boats are the index
rivals for podium places in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 11, 0956 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 ILBK 46 56.12N 009 25.72W 341 96 11.1 267 0 0 09/05/02 13:12 49
2 AART 46 57.68N 010 20.20W 378 94 11.5 265 37 -2 09/05/02 16:09 41
3 TYCO 47 05.44N 010 24.96W 382 99 11.5 265 41 -2 09/05/02 16:29 33
4 AONE 47 01.92N 011 02.56W 407 98 12.2 267 66 -7 09/05/02 18:31 37
5 TSEB 45 59.52N 011 08.44W 411 88 10.9 256 70 +1 09/05/02 18:51 25
6 NEWS 47 20.00N 011 06.40W 412 89 11.8 262 71 -4 09/05/02 18:55 34
7 DJCE 46 50.68N 012 57.24W 485 93 10.8 243 144 +2 10/05/02 00:44 23
8 ATOO 44 38.96N 063 34.24W 4512 0 0 152 4171 +66 No Data 10
Southampton, England, May 8th, 2002 0400 GMT
Small Gains on Illbruck
Sadly no great gains for SEB following its southerly course, not the great
gains they had hoped for anyway. Having now to sail between five and ten
degrees higher than their competitors means they cannot build speed in the
same way and are hoping that the breeze holds out for them to keep their
well earned fourth position.
In the last six hours there have been no change in yacht positions but
ASSA ABLOY and Tyco have both made small miles up on the current leg
leader Illbruck. ASSA ABLOY being now four miles closer to her arch rival
and Tyco five. The other two yachts to gain slightly were Amer Sports One
by three and News Corp by one. Djuice was the only yacht to lose any
distance being the most westerly and losing three.
Most of the fleet are heading straight for the finish with reacher and
staysail in good visibility, although skies are overcast with an air
temperature of 14 degrees centigrade.
Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 11, 0358 GMT
PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 ILBK 47 03.20N 011 02.28W 407 99 10.8 264 0 0 09/05/02 12:32 49
2 AART 47 02.04N 011 59.76W 446 93 11.5 258 39 -4 09/05/02 15:39 41
3 TYCO 47 16.00N 012 04.40W 450 95 11.5 255 43 -5 09/05/02 15:59 33
4 TSEB 45 57.16N 012 41.96W 476 87 10.8 249 69 0 09/05/02 18:05 26
5 AONE 47 12.64N 012 48.20W 480 96 11.2 251 73 -3 09/05/02 18:20 36
6 NEWS 47 19.12N 012 51.32W 482 94 11 249 75 -1 09/05/02 18:33 34
7 DJCE 46 53.96N 014 31.04W 549 91 10.3 227 142 +3 09/05/02 23:54 23
8 ATOO 44 38.96N 063 34.24W 4512 0 0 152 4105 +64 No Data 10
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