19.11.2005
www.jacques-vabre.com
The Anglo-Saxons arrive in Bahia 28 minutes apart:
Ecover and Skandia arrive in the midday heat
Pro-Form due to arrive next Open 60 in 6th this afternoon
Mike Golding and Dominique Wavre on Ecover finally arrived just before midday (14:46:45 GMT), two hours later than predicted into Salvador after a tortuous final few miles tacking and gybing in light variable winds in All Saints Bay. No sooner was Ecover across the line when Skandia suddenly sailed out of nowhere at full speed with the new breeze to arrive on the finish line at 12:14:11 local time (15:14:11GMT) just 28 minutes later! That’s a smaller distance between boats than Virbac-Paprec and Sill et Veolia’s finish last night…an incredible result for the Anglo-Australian team of Brian Thompson and Will Oxley, first boat of the second generation Open 60’s and 5th in the Transat Jacques Vabre 2005.
Ecover :
Arrival Date : Saturday 19th November 2005 at 14:46:25 GMT
Elapsed time: 14 days 0 hr 46 minutes 25 seconds
Average boatspeed on theoretical route of 4,340 milles: 12.89 knots
Average boat speed on the water over actual distance sailed of 4,628m: 13.74
Distance from winner: 15h 29min 23s
Skandia:
Arrival Date : Saturday 19th November 2005 at 15:14:11 GMT
Elapsed time: 14 days 1 hr 14 minutes 11 seconds
Average boatspeed on theoretical route of 4,340 milles: 12.87 knots
Average boat speed on the water over actual distance sailed of 4,605m: 13.66 knots
Distance from winner: 15hrs 55 mins 09s
Mary Ambler
International Media Relations
Brazil: +55 71 3319 3435
mary.ambler@xalt.co.uk
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Fotos: Yvan Zedda
Brian Thompson und Will Oxley
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