Latest news from Nick Moloney to Dr Krumnacker
Segel.de
16.03,2002
* TIME LOST....... Express repairs carried out on the head traveller (guides the indexsail along the mast). The broken piece is miraculously found on the tramp which alerted the crew to the problem aloft.
* A decision to cut through the next high and a change of course (150°) sees ORANGE diving South earlier than expected
* 5850 miles covered since start and approaching the roaring 40's
POSITION REPORT
COMPARISON table / JULES VERNE TROPHY
Monday 16th march 2002 at 0800 GMT
POSITION ORANGE
Position : 33°40' S / 24°13' W
Speed 24h : 17.44
Distance since departure : 5850.5 miles
Distance 24h : 420.85 miles
COMPARISON TO SPORT ELEC IN 1997
Position : 21°13'S / 24°29' W
Speed 24h : 15.29
Distance since departure : 4456.40 miles
Distance 24h : 367 miles
LATEST LOGBOOK FROM NICK
Today has been busy so this is late news, this morning the end caps broke
off a custom headboard carriage we had made and one of the rods fell out.
Pepeche found it on the tramp?????? how's that !
Dropped the index for 4 hours, had one reef in at the time so Florent went
aloft to clean up damage track in that position and Eves and Ronan made some
new carbon end plates and we were back in business
The slowing in progress forced us to re-asses the High and we are now
booting south to push straight through before she gets too big and get into
the stream below. Met wise looking at 40kts of wind on the 18th.
Still warmish but sun is now behind pre frontal cloud.
Have changed watch structure so I have an on watch-standby-onwatch so I am
stuffed for time. Not much going on but were doing 25kts on a course of 135
med gennaker up and 1 reef in index + staysail. starboard gybe...the wind should go
further forward through the front and should be close reaching tomorrow
before winds fading as we journey through yet another high pressure.
Gotta fly am on watch again in 5 minutes.
Thanks all for looking out for me onshore.
Cheers
nick
Nick Moloney is a member of Ellen MacArthur's Offshore Challenges Sailing Team
http://www.nickmoloney.com
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