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04.02.2005
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4th February 2005 05h00 GMT
SPECIAL NEWSFLASH
MIKE GOLDING’S FINISH IN THE VENDEE GLOBE 2004
MIKE GOLDING ON ECOVER, THIRD IN THE VENDEE GLOBE 2004-2005
It was at 03 hours 17 minutes and 13 seconds GMT this Friday 4th February 2005 that the 60 foot monohull Ecover skippered by Mike Golding crossed the finish line of the Vendée Globe 2004, a single-handed race, without stopovers and without assistance and most significantly without his keel for the finish of the Sables d’Olonne (France). Golding sailed the last 50 miles of the race without his keel.
The race time to make the 23 680 miles is 88 days 15 hours and 15 minutes and 13 seconds at an average theoretical speed across the course of 11.13 knots.
“Everything about this race is exactly what I came back to it for, until the keel fell off yesterday afternoon; which is a weird thing to say and now I just feel lucky to finish. Lucky to be third. Lucky to still have my boat. The boat has taken care of me and now I am just happy to be here.” Said Golding on the dockside this morning.
References (GMT):
Start and finish: Les Sables d’Olonne (France)
Number of miles to cover: 23 680 miles
Start date: Sunday 7 November 2004 at 1202 GMT
Date of first arrival: Vincent Riou (PRB) on Wednesday 2 February 2005 at 22hr 49mn 55sec.
Date of second arrival: Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle) on Thursday 3 February 2005 at 05hr 22mn 08sec.
Race time: 87 days 17 hours 20 minutes 08 seconds.
Delay behind leader: 1 day 4 hours 27 minutes and 18 seconds.
Mike Golding’s Race (Ecover):
Passage of the equator (outward trip): 18 November 2004 at 1500 GMT after 11 days 2 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa): 3rd December 2004 at 1615 GMT after 26 days 04 hours and 13 minutes
Passage of Cape Leeuwin (Australia): 15 December 2004 at 0900 GMT after 37 days 20 hours and 58 minutes
Passage of Cape Horn (Chile): on 04 January 2005 at 0115 GMT after 57 days 13 hours and 13 minutes
Passage of the equator (return): on 19 January 2005 at 2130 GMT after 73 days 09 hours and 28 minutes
Source: Vendée Globe 2004
www.vendeeglobe.org
Vendée Globe Press Office
Tel.: +33 1 55 56 66 50 - Fax: +33 1 55 56 62 90 - @: press@vendeeglobe.fr
French Media: Caroline Concetti, Anne Millet and Soazig Guého
International Media: Sabina Mollart-Rogerson, Ophélie Théron
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