08.04.2006
Fleet passes Island scoring gate
The whole fleet has passed the scoring gate of Fernando de Noronha safely. Movistar (Bouwe Bekking) 1st, ABN AMRO ( Mike Sanderson) 2nd, Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard) 3rd, Ericsson (John Kostecki) 4th, Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) 5th and ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) 6th. Now it is no stops barred to the entrance of the Chesapeake 3,335 nautical miles away.
Shortly after Fernando de Noronha ABN AMRO moved into the lead and are now are 5 miles ahead of Movistar.
They all now have the doldrums (ITCZ) to get through before the benefit of the North East trade winds. But with close to 3,470 nautical miles to go till they dock in Baltimore, Leg Five is by no means over yet.
LEG FIVE DAY 7, 08.04.06. 0400 GMT POSITION REPORT
YACHT
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
DTL
DTLC
SGPTS
PLPTS
PTLPTS
ETA
POP
POSITION OVERALL
1
ABN1
02 09.90S
033 20.37W
03466
17.0
364
15.2
00000
+00000
3
7.0
10.0
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62.5
1
2
MOVI
02 12.54S
033 14.66W
03471
16.2
341
14.2
00005
-00004
3.5
6.0
9.5
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40.5
2
3
POTC
02 37.15S
033 08.58W
03494
15.8
341
14.2
00028
+00010
2.5
5.0
7.5
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39.0
4
4
ERIC
02 38.17S
033 04.63W
03497
15.6
352
14.7
00031
+00009
2
4.0
6.0
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29.5
6
5
BRA1
02 53.21S
033 08.23W
03506
14.5
341
14.2
00040
+00006
1.5
3.0
4.5
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33.0
5
6
ABN2
03 11.85S
032 45.21W
03535
14.3
351
14.6
00069
+00004
1
2.0
3.0
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39.5
3
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 overall 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
Lizzie Green Press Officer at race headquarters:
Tel: +44 1489 554 832, Mob: +44 7801 185 320
Email: lizzie.green@volvooceanrace.org
Sophie Luther Press Assistant at race headquarters
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