22.05.2006
Brunel arrives after brutal 48 hours
After a wild Atlantic crossing, the Australian entry, Brunel, skippered by Britain’s Matt Humphries, crossed the finish line in Portsmouth, UK, this morning at 1016GMT, 1116 local time, after 10 days, 17 hours, 16 minutes and 32 seconds at sea.
The last hours of this leg have been particularly testing for this crew who have had some breakages onboard which have prevented them from sailing at full speed, although they have been pressing as hard as possible in order to keep in front of the storm which has been creeping up on them. Steering has been reduced to one wheel only, although a temporary repair was made, and the crew have been wearing their yellow survival suits for the final 48 hours.
“The last 48 hours feels as if we have been to hell and back. It seems as though we have been in survival mode and there has been great seamanship on behalf of the crew. It is great to be in now. We feel that we are very lucky to be here in the state that we are in.”
ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) is now sailing at 22 knots and is 12 miles off Looe on the Cornish coast.
LEG SEVEN LEADERBOARD – SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION
Leg Position
Yacht
Leg Points
Scoring Gate Points
Total Leg Points
Finish 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
31.0
1
2
ERIC
6.0
3
9.0
21/05/06 12:26:39
009d 19h 26m 39s
43.5
6
3
POTC
5.0
2.5
7.5
21/05/06 12:54:20
009d 19h 54m 20s
55.0
2
4
BRA1
4.0
2
6.0
21/05/06 14:30:57
009d 21h 30m 57s
48.0
3
LEG SEVEN DAY 12 21.05.06, 1000 GMT POSITION REPORT
Leg Position
Yacht
Latitude
Longitude
DTF
SMG
DTL
DTL-C
Projected Leg Points
Scoring Gate Points
Total Projected Leg Points
ETA
Projected Overall Race Points
Projected Position Overall
5
AUS1
50 46.46N
001 18.44W
00006
16.4
00000
+00000
3.0
1.5
4.5
22/05/06 10:17:58
7.0
7
6
ABN2
50 02.79N
005 00.73W
00154
04.0
00148
-00036
2.0
1
3.0
22/05/06 20:56:25
45.0
5
7
MOVI
48 42.56N
013 26.16W
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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
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