21.05.2006
Movistar abandoned
The crew of the Spanish yacht, movistar (Bouwe Bekking) has abandoned the yacht and transferred the 10-man crew via life raft to ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Joss), which has been standing by since approximately 2200 GMT last night.
The two boats are positioned 307 nautical miles west south-west of Land’s End. The sea state is rough, but the wind has temporarily eased to seven knots, which has made the transfer of the crew easier. The weather is forecast to deteriorate and 40 – 50 knots winds are expected in the vicinity within the next four to six hours. The decision to transfer the crew and abandon movistar was made in the light of the extreme weather expected.
When asked for assistance, the Royal Navy responded immediately and HMS Mersey, a River class offshore patrol vessel built for UK fishery protection, has left Milford Haven in South Wales and is expected to rendezvous with ABN AMRO TWO in approximately eight hours’ time and shepherd ABN AMRO TWO to the nearest coast.
Food and personal items were transferred with the crew of movistar and ABN AMRO TWO is equipped with two ten-man life rafts if required. Movistar has been left with her generator and Inmarsat Satcom C communications system running so that her position can be tracked as long as possible.
At the head of the fleet, Ericsson (Neal McDonald) is approximately 28 nautical miles west of the Needles at the entrance to the Solent. Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard), is eight miles south of Portland Bill and Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) is 10 miles east of Start Point.
LEG SEVEN LEADERBOARD
Leg Position
Yacht
Leg Points
Scoring Gate Points
Total Leg Points
Arrival Time
ELAPSED TIME
Overall Race Points
Position Overall
1
ABN1
7.0
3.5
10.5
20/05/06 23:30:42
009d 06h 30m 42s
81.0
1
LEG SEVEN DAY 11 21.05.06, 1000 GMT POSITION REPORT
Leg Position
Yacht
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
DTL
DTL-C
Projected Leg Points
Scoring Gate Points
Total Projected Leg Points
ETA
Projected Overall Race Points
Projected Position Overall
2
ERIC
50 36.75N
001 44.63W
00025
16.4
350
14.6
00000
+00000
6.0
3
9.0
21/05/06 12:27:23
43.5
6
3
POTC
50 31.42N
001 56.73W
00035
17.5
351
14.6
00010
+00003
5.0
2.5
7.5
21/05/06 13:01:24
55.0
2
4
BRA1
50 22.24N
002 50.22W
00069
17.7
368
15.3
00044
+00005
4.0
2
6.0
21/05/06 15:06:45
48.0
3
5
AUS1
48 26.67N
011 00.24W
00409
19.2
427
17.8
00384
+00010
3.0
0
3.0
22/05/06 11:40:40
5.5
7
6
ABN2
49 01.28N
013 24.92W
00489
03.6
251
10.5
00464
-00052
2.0
0
2.0
22/05/06 19:29:08
44.0
5
7
MOVI
49 00.16N
013 27.45W
00490
03.0
253
10.5
00465
-00054
1.0
0
1.0
22/05/06 19:36:37
48.0
3
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
AUS1 Brunel
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
Cameron Kelleher PR Director at race headquarters:
Tel: +44 1489 554 828, Mob: +44 7795 185 430
Email: cameron.kelleher@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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