18.04.2006
Solid second for movistar
Bouwe Bekking (NED) and his team racing the Spanish entry, movistar, finished leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race today in Baltimore, USA, at 00:14:15 GMT (1814 local time) in Baltimore.
After 15 days, 8 hours, 4 minutes and 15 seconds at sea. movistar finished in a solid second position, proving that their win on in leg three from Melbourne to Wellington was no fluke and they are, indeed, a team to be reckoned with, as always anticipated.
“I am very, very happy with our result,” said Bouwe Bekking. “Second is a good result for us, especially finishing in front of the Pirates. We only have to wait until ABN AMRO TWO finishes to find out if we have moved up into second place overall. On the whole, I am extremely happy.
“In general the boat was very fast in light winds, medium in medium winds and fast again in the bigger breezes. Over the next few days we will do a normal recovery and fitness programme and thoroughly check over the boat.”
The six points they score for this leg, added to the 3.5 bonus points they earned for passing the scoring gate at Fernando de Noronha in first position, brings their total to 40.5 points, half a point clear of ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) who, if they finish the leg in their current position, will be in third place overall.
Prior to the start of the Volvo Ocean Race from Vigo in Spain last November, movistar had always been considered a contender for the overall victory in the event, but, after leg one when the team was forced to retire with serious damage to the boat and a last place finish on leg four when the boat suddenly started to take on water as the team led the fleet towards Cape Horn, movistar has had some catching up to do.
Much of the stopover in Rio de Janeiro was spent doing essential work on the boat after she limped into port a week later than the leading boat, leaving the crew little time to tune the boat up for the in-port race, a week before the start of leg five. Movistar bounced back to post a second place in the Rio inshore race and today’s finish position has been a result of determined effort on the leg by the crew who pushed the boat every inch of the way.
LEG FIVE DAY 17, 18.04.06, 0100 GMT POSITION REPORT
YACHT
SGPTS
LPTS
TLPTS
FINISH TIME
ELAPSED TIME
POINTS OVERALL
POSITION OVERALL
1
ABN1
3
7.0
10.0
17/04/06 18:57:52
015d 02h 47m 52s
62.5
1
2
MOVI
3.5
6.0
9.5
18/04/06 00:14:15
015d 08h 04m 15s
40.5
2
YACHT
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
DTL
DTLC
SGPTS
PLPTS
PTLPTS
ETA
POP
PREDICTED
POSITION OVERALL
3
POTC
37 50.48N
076 09.17W
00074
08.9
280
11.7
00000
+00089
2.5
5.0
7.5
18/04/06 06:00:43
39.0
4
4
BRA1
37 00.77N
076 02.10W
00124
16.6
290
12.1
00050
+00109
1.5
4.0
5.5
18/04/06 09:55:41
34.0
5
5
ERIC
36 59.24N
075 59.72W
00127
16.0
283
11.8
00053
+00107
2
3.0
5.0
18/04/06 10:07:11
28.5
6
6
ABN2
36 50.13N
075 44.74W
00142
16.4
299
12.4
00068
+00108
1
2.0
3.0
18/04/06 11:18:12
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 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 Baltimore
Tel: +
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
Sophie Luther Press Assistant at race headquarters
Mob: +44 7956 285548 email: sophie.luther@volvooceanrace.org
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