Absender: "Aroundalone"
Datum: 22. Jan 2003 16:42
AMERICA'S 'ALL BLACK' ARRIVES 2ND INTO NZ
TIM KENT SMOKES INTO TAURANGA
TWO OPEN 40'S DUE IN DURING THE NEXT 18HRS
LEG 4 RESTART INFO
Tauranga, New Zealand - 22ND January 03. American skipper Tim Kent on Open 50 Everest Horizontal came smoking across the line in second place at 02:09:04 hrs local time (13:09:04 GMT) under full sail into Tauranga against an enflamed backdrop of bush fires raging all over Mount Maunganui. Ironic, as the inside of Tim's boat was painted thick black from the engine fumes, which had leaked uncontrollably during most of his leg. The skipper - normally renowned for his white hair and beard, was truly the 'All Black' coming into New Zealand, his face and clothes permanently stained with the soot from the diesel.
Kent has now established himself in second place overall behind Class 2 leader Brad Van Liew on Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America. Canadian Derek Hatfield on Open 40 Spirit of Canada has been his nemesis since the very start of the race, and Tim's first comment was about his relentless foe: "Derek pushed me all the way, I couldn't shake him off - there was this sound in my head each time he came nearÂ…gggggrrrrrrÂ…like a terrier."
Spirit of Canada was just over 60 miles from the finish line when Everest Horizontal completed the leg. Derek has spent the majority of his leg pumping thousands of gallons of water out of his boat each day just to stay afloat, and yet has held tenaciously onto his third position despite an assault by fourth placed Spirit of yukoh - and kept his sense of humour: "It's giving me the best workout ever!" he joked in one email. Hatfield's ETA is around 09:00 local time.
Japanese skipper Kojiro Shiraishi on Open 40 Spirit of yukoh is enjoying fast sailing down the East coast of New Zealand and is expected to arrive in Tauranga late Thursday afternoon. After these three Class 2 boats have arrived into port, there will only be one boat still left at sea - BTC Velocity, currently clocking 8 knots boatspeed in following winds crossing the Tasman Sea.
LEG 4 RESTART
Accreditation - Any media planning to come to the Leg 4 restart in Tauranga, New Zealand must register in advance by emailing either Mary Ambler (international media) or Julie Chadwick (local media), whose contacts are below.
Press boats - please contact Mary Ambler to reserve a space, deadline is Thursday 6th February.
Hire Cars (Auckland to Tauranga) - please contact Tracy Johnston at Tourism New Zealand
Email: tracyj@nztb.govt.nz - Tel: +64 (02)1 914 784
Accommodation - please contact Julie Chadwick, Tauranga Around Alone Ltd - Email: julie@taa.co.nz - Tel: +64 (25) 595 083
Leg 3 Provisional Rankings - Class 1
1. Bobst Group-Armor Lux finished at 22:24:43 GMT 8th JAN 03 after 25 days, 12 hours, 24 minutes, 43 seconds
2. Solidaires finished at 09:03:54 GMT 9th JAN 03 after 26 days, 23 hours, 03 minutes, 54 seconds
3. Hexagon finished at 06:38:18 GMT 14th JAN 03 after 30 days, 20 hours, 38 minutes, 18 seconds
4. Tiscali finished at 16:30:19 GMT 14th JAN 03 after 32 days, 6 hours, 30 minutes, 19 seconds
5. Ocean Planet finished at 21:17:22 15th JAN 03 after 32 days, 11 hours, 17 minutes, 22 seconds
6. Pindar finished at 23:51:12 GMT 15th JAN 03 after 32 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 12 seconds
Leg 3 Provisional Rankings - Class 2
1. Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America finished at 02:05:56 GMT 16th JAN 03 after 32 days, 14 hours, 5 minutes, 56 seconds
2. Everest Horizontal finished at 13:09:04 GMT 21st JAN 03
POSITIONS AT 14:00GMT 21st JANUARY (03:00 pm 22nd JAN LOCAL TIME) 2003
Track the Around Alone fleet with Raytech Navigator 4.1 - go to www.aroundalone.com positions page and follow the link at the top of the chart.
Class 2
Boat Lat Lon AvgBsp Avgheading DTF
3. Spirit of Canada, 36 22.840 S, 176 00.000 E, 53.31 nm, 6.66 kt, 142 °T, 73.59 nm
4. Spirit of yukoh, 35 26.840 S, 175 02.000 E, 58.41 nm, 7.30 kt, 119 °T, 146.07 nm
5. BTC Velocity, 40 41.900 S, 156 55.000 E, 65.06 nm, 8.14 kt, 71 °T, 1125.46 nm
International Media Relations:
Mary Ambler - Email: mambler@clipper-ventures.com - NZL mobile: +64 (0)21 706 519
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