Positionstabelle 08.01.2005
08.01.2005
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VG DAY 63: ICEBERGS ON RADAR!
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RACE POSITIONS 0930 GMT:
SKANDIA 7th currently fastest in the fleet, closing to 882.6 from VIRBAC after he broke his boom. BONDUELLE, PRB, and ECOVER playing tactical choices on approaching ‘blocking’ high pressure. 69.2 miles separates 1st from 3rd.
LATEST VIDEO SENT BACK FROM NICK: From the middle of the Pacific Ocean, less than 2000 miles from Cape Horn. To view : http://www.nickmoloney.com/video ( you will need windows media player )
RACE UPDATE DAY GOING IN TO 63rd DAY
RIDING THE FRONT OF THE DEPRESSION:
Nick has been making great progress for the past 24 hours to the east, averaging between 14 and 16 knots throughout the period. The faster he goes, the longer he will stay in front of the depression which has now restarted its track to the east/north east. The longer he can stay in front, the weaker the system is forecast to be, and it is expected to also move more to the south by the end of the weekend. So its a race against time to avoid the worst of the winds associated with the system, in particular off the back of it. At present two different weather models predict very different conditions, with Meteo France forecasting very strong winds, but the American models quite moderate in comparison. Either way its a southern ocean storm.
ICEBERG SIGHTINGS ON RADAR:
Nick was surprised at his northerly latitude to spot three icebergs 3 miles to his south during his day yesterday. With visibility only a mile in a ‘very flat sky’, no visual confirmation was made, but one thing is for sure, there are no fishing boats, cruise liners or cargo vessels to confuse them with in this part of the Southern Ocean...Very far north to see them, but similar to the ice zone south east of New Zealand, a number of sightings have been made on this longitude, pointing to a ‘flow’ of bergs north-south at this longitude.
6TH PLACED VIRBAC BREAKS BOOM:
The competitor in front of Nick, Jean-Pierre Dick and his Farr designed VIRBAC have had more bad luck. During a controlled gybe, he broke his boom in half. He is able to fly a heavily reefed indexsail for now, he estimates that he can make a repair but it will take him 2 days or so to do. He hopes to have it done before Cape Horn, for him less than 1000 miles away.
TEMENOS ROUNDS CAPE HORN, 5TH BOAT IN TO THE ATLANTIC:
Highly experienced Swiss skipper Dominic Wavre sailed round Cape Horn this morning at high speed to become the 5th boat to exit the south. In case people are starting to think that the Atlantic is ‘plain sailing’, don’t forget its 7000 miles of varied and sometimes extremely tough conditions. The distance is not far off 3 transatlantic's, and no-one would set out to cross the Atlantic just once 100% confident of success. 2nd placed PRB saw his most dangerous wipeout yesterday in fact, 75 knots of wind in a big squall, and nearly cartwheeled the boat...fortunately for him no damage, but a reminder that although there is massive relief to have exited the south, there is not such thing as plain sailing on the homeward run...
EXCERPTS FROM AUDIO FROM NICK: courtesy of Geolink/Iridium
Timeout this morning for Nick, trying to build on sleep before new storm strikes
OC SAILING TEAM UPDATE:
Nick’s team mate ELLEN, due south of him and 4 days ahead of the record, still escaping just in front of the depression that is to Nick’s south west http://www.teamellen.com
SKANDIA DATA LOG 0930 GMT: data brought to you by BT Business Broadband, transmitted via Thrane&Thrane
LAT/LONG: 48 42 S / 121 47 W – 1700 miles from Cape Horn
WIND: 30-35 knots from the north west
POSITIONS 1000 GMT 8th JANUARY 2005
BOAT / LAT / LONG / distance to finish
1. BONDUELLE, 43 31.12' S / 41 54.72' W, 5871.6 distance to finish
2. PRB, 43 17.32' S / 44 33.84' W / 5905.5 distance to finish
3. ECOVER, 43 34.36' S / 45 38.20' W, 5940.7 distance to finish
7. SKANDIA, 48 16.24' S / 112 37.44' W, 8717.9 distance to finish
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