The Transat Race 2004 Plymouth - Boston - Start 31.05.2004 www.thetransat.com - zur Übersicht 04.06.2004 THE TRANSAT: 60FT TRIS DIVE SOUTH AS REST OF FLEET BATTLE headWINDS... 'One man, one boat, the sea...The Transat established in 1960 as the OSTAR' IN BRIEF: * ORMA 60S TACK SOUTH FOR SOME FAST SAILING... * OPEN 60 VIRBAC'S LEAD UNDER THREAT FROM MIKE GOLDING IN UPWIND BATTLE... See the official Omega clock showing race time http://www.thetransat.com IN DETAIL: It is now day 5 of the 2800 mile Plymouth to Boston single-handed Transat race and 36 50ft and 60ft mono and multihulls are spread across the middle of the North Atlantic. There is now a 957 mile west/east spread between the leading 60ft trimaran, Geant (Michel Desjoyeaux), and 50 ft multihull PIR2 (Etienne Hochede) at the tail-end of the fleet. So far, only one competitor - Marc Guillemot on ORMA trimaran Gitana X - has been forced to retire and sail to his team's base in France. Jean-Pierre Dick/Virbac Positionen Mono60 At about 2130 GMT last night most of the trimaran 60ft competitors tacked away from the centre of the powerful depression that is now centred above the fleet. This morning Geant is still indextaining his lead and earlier this morning the trimaran's skipper claimed that he slept all night, letting the boat sail under autopilot in 44 knots of wind and 5-6m seas! Yves-Parlier and his radical catamaran, Médiatis Region Aquitaine, have yet to tack south and he is currently holding a northerly course. Gitana XI (Fred le Peutrec) was slowed during the night as he spent 6 hours trying to refurl the top part of his Solent sail but reported the problem had been resolved by 0730 this morning and is now back on track. It appears that Karine Fauconnier's southerly gamble on 60ft trimaran, Sergio Tacchini, has failed to produce results and she reindexs in tenth place. In the IMOCA 60 fleet, Jean-Pierre Dick and Virbac continue to lead, although both Ecover, in second place, and third placed Pindar AlphaGraphics have reduced the Frenchman's lead overnight as Virbac has opted to keep more to the north of the front pack. Even in tough upwind conditions the skippers are managing to clock up the miles - in the last 24 hours to 0700 GMT Mike Golding, Mike Sanderson, Dominic Wavre, Bernard Stamm all raced over 300 miles. But upwind battle is not over yet as conditions continue to deteriorate for this fleet. POSITIONS: For latest positions go to http://www.thetransat.com and click on the 'Latest Race Data/Latest Positions' on the orange bar and then click on leaderboard. Positions are available daily every 2 hours from 0600BST-1800BST. Email powered by Active ISP http://www.activeISP.com For further information, please contact Lou Newlands or Isabel Genis lou@offshorechallenges.com isabel@offshorechallenges.com (French/Italian/Spanish speaking) T: +44 (0)870 063 0218 F: +44 (0)20 7681 2912 Offshore Challenges Events Cowes Waterfront - Venture Quays Castle Street East Cowes Isle of Wight PO32 6EZ Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE