Clipper 2002 - 4th Clipper round the world race - zur Übersicht Clipper 2002 Race Report Absender: "Clipper _blanks" Datum: 25. Nov 2002 12:49 To: Dr Irvin Krumnacker CLIPPER 2002 RACE REPORT - _blank York Slows Down Richard Butler, skipper of Bristol Clipper, reports, "Having taken a break from the IT industry to race around the world I hadn't realised I would be getting exasperated by the same technology problems as at home. Aaaagh!" So we know he is happy; now on to the others. _blank York Clipper under Samantha Fuller's command is handing over the ownership of the northern flank to Justin Taylor, skipper of Hong Kong Clipper, as both she and Chris Hazeldene in London start to edge south to look for better wind. The wind has veered more to the east and so several boats have been gybing to and fro to try and get a better wind angle and avoid running directly down wind. The 16:00 GMT schedule yesterday showed that _blank York Clipper had stemmed the charge from the boats astern, but this morning the others have once again made huge gains - four of them over 50 miles. That's not a nice feeling as you are doing 5 knots with the other blighters to the south averaging over 8 knots. It now looks certain that Adam Kyffin and Rupert Parkhouse, skippers of Liverpool and Glasgow respectively, have either got a rope snagged between them or have promised their respective mothers that they would not play alone! They have mirrored each other's every move for the 14 days of the race so far and have almost continuously been in sight of each other. Liverpool's constant boasts about "finally saying farewell to Glasgow" seemed to have been over optimistic. Now that Glasgow's sewing party has finished the Herculean task of putting their mangled 1.5oz spinnaker back together, Liverpool had better watch the Scots even more closely. Cape Town Clipper is still very much in touch with this duo and matched the fleet's top run of 226 miles over the last 24 hours. London Clipper have made their move south before they hit the light patch that has obviously caused _blank York problems. They continue to go well and could slip in behind Richard Butler and his Bristol crew over the next 48 hours. Hong Kong believes the quickest distance between two points is a straight line and appears to be heading directly for the entrance to the Old Bahama Channel, now only 1800 miles away and there is no reason why Justin Taylor and his crew will not be proved to be right in this assumption. ENDS Clipper _blanks Distribution Clipper Ventures Plc Tel: +44 (0) 2380 237088 Fax: +44 (0) 2380 237081 Email: distribution@clipper-ventures.com www.clipper-ventures.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE