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Segel.de
* Skirting the Saint Helena High to the West
........PARKED for the 2nd time but with the knowledge that there is breeze beyond the high.
* Final boat checks take place before ORANGE plunges SOUTH
* GERONIMO forced to abandon their JULES VERNE attempt due to rudder problems should soon be arriving in Brest to assess the damage and consider the options
POSITION REPORT
COMPARISON table / JULES VERNE TROPHY
Monday 14th march 2002 at 0800 GMT
POSITION ORANGE
Position : 25°48' S / 33°41' W
Speed 24h : 10.48
Distance since departure : 5066.26 miles
Distance 24h : 269.68 miles
Ahead of record : 1665.26 miles
COMPARISON TO SPORT ELEC IN 1997
Position : 09°42 ' S / 25°02 ' W
Speed 24h : 15.30
Distance since departure : 3743.90 miles
Distance 24h : 367.40 miles
LATEST LOGBOOK FROM NICK
Time 19:00GMT 13/03
Well this is the first time that we have actually STOPPED! the last 4 hours
have been a total shocker. I am glad to be feeling the influence of the high
because I know that there is breeze beyond it,,, I'm just a bit impatient to
get through to the other side and begin heading east.
Hopefully by the time you get this we will be doing better than the 3kts we
are doing right now. Not sure how far we are ahead of Sport Elec but believe
its around 1600miles. If so we will watch some of that diminish over the
next 36 hours until we find a new stream of breeze.
The temperature is great....a bit hot during the day and beautiful at night.
Before long we will be freezing our buts off and we know it so everyone has
stopped complaining about the heat. Didn't sleep at all last off watch. laid
around listening to music a tad concerned about rate of progress. Have
started drawing plans for my dream home on the coast of france to keep mind
from dwelling.
Did I mention that I'm looking forward to heading EAST.....aaaaaahhhhhggggg!
Never been this far west in a passage out of the Atlantic. Its killing me
that to think a course with its only waypoints being the Southern Capes, we
have had to travel further, due to weather, than the restrictions set in the
Volvo. I'm not too bitter because we are damn lucky to be here and I know
that. Just frustrated, we've had a pretty good run so far. Need to take good
with bad.
Tonight will be another tough one with wind shifting but with a mirror sea,
clear skies, bright stars, you can be sure that it will be spectacular....
Alright! as I am sitting here writing we have started moving at around 7kts
BS. The sound of the water past the port hull is bliss.
keep going girl!
Nick
Nick Moloney is a member of Ellen MacArthur's Offshore Challenges Sailing Team
http://www.nickmoloney.com
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