16.02.2006
Podium place for Pirates
Paul Cayard (USA) and his team of Pirates racing the Black Pearl claimed the third spot on the podium today when they finished leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race in Wellington, New Zealand, 50 minutes and nine seconds after the winner, movistar (Bouwe Bekking) at 15:59:35 local time, 02:59:35 GMT.
After missing out on leg one from Vigo to Cape Town, and still suffering problems with their keel mechanism on leg two to Melbourne, the Pirates came back with a vengeance, finishing in second place in the Melbourne in-port race. Today’s fine result shows that this team is now up to speed and a force to be reckoned with.
After clearing customs, Cayard commented, “We’re pretty happy with our result, but we were aiming to win, so we’re not completely satisfied. We are gaining momentum all the time, and we are pleased to be having this kind of consistency on the podium.”
The next boat to finish will be Brasil 1 (Torben Grael).
LEG THREE FINISH
YACHT
LEG POINTS
OVERALL
FINISH TIME
ELAPSED TIME
POSITION OVERALL
1
MOVI
7.0
25.0
16/02/06 00:09:26
003d 22h 09m 26s
3
2
ABN1
6.0
38.5
16/02/06 00:09:35
003d 22h 09m 35s
1
3
POTC
5.0
21.5
16/02/06 02:59:35
004d 00h 59m 35s
4
LEG THREE DAY 5, 16.02.06, 0300GMT POSITION REPORT
YACHT
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
DTL
DTLC
PLPTS
POP
ETA
OVERALL
4
BRA1
41 11.43S
174 37.36E
00023
11.5
213
08.9
00000
+00023
4.0
20.0
16/02/06 04:56:46
5
5
ABN2
41 02.02S
174 27.13E
00034
12.5
208
08.7
00011
+00024
3.0
28.0
16/02/06 05:39:33
2
6
ERIC
41 01.38S
174 26.10E
00035
12.4
264
11.0
00012
+00024
2.0
16.5
16/02/06 05:45:18
6
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
ERIC Ericsson Racing Team
MOVI movistar
POTC Pirates of the Caribbean
DTF: distance to finish, SMG: Speed made good, DTL: distance to leader,
DTLC: distance to leader change; the difference between the distance from the boat to the leader taken at the time of the last six hour poll, and the distance from the boat to the leader at the previous poll
SGPTS: points scored at scoring gates on this leg to date
PLPTS: projected leg points
PTLPTS: projected total leg points including actual points from scoring gates
POP: projected overall points including actual points from scoring gates
OVERALL: projected position in race overall if yacht indextains current position
Sacha Oswald, Press Officer in Wellington
Tel: +64 21 104 5614
Email: sacha.oswald@volvooceanrace.org
Lizzie Green Press Officer at race headquarters:
Tel: +44 1489 554 832, Mob: +44 7801 185 320
Email: lizzie.green@volvooceanrace.org
- Further information can be found at www.volvooceanrace.org .
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