10 June 2006
Pirates retain second overall
At 1104GMT this morning, Paul Cayard brought his team of Pirates, racing The Black Pearl, across the finish line in Rotterdam, Holland to complete leg eight of the Volvo Ocean Race in fourth position.
Although this is a disappointing result for the team – the first time they have been out of the top three since March, enjoying a string of second and third placings – Pirates of the Caribbean retain their second place on the overall leaderboard.
“We got separated from the lead pack and could never catch up,” said Paul Cayard earlier today. “The writing has been on the wall for a couple of days that we would not win the leg and in fact the best we could do was finish fourth.
“Brasil 1 sailed a great leg and our congratulations go to them. Well done guys.
“We have lost three points of our lead over Brasil 1 but that’s OK. We have two races left to go and we will be putting our best effort in as usual and I think we will come out of this just fine.”
Instead of the usual end of leg celebrations, the team will be working as fast as they can to prepare the boat for tomorrow’s in-port race. They will have to completely unload all the offshore gear, life rafts, emergency rudder, survival suits, change some sails, and clean the boat inside and out, including giving the bottom a polish, but they will have the help of the shore team.
The next boat to finish will be Brunel (Matt Humphries), followed by ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse).
LEG EIGHT LEADERBOARD
Leg Standing
Yacht
Leg Points
Finish Time
Elapsed Time
Total Points Overall
Position Overall
1
Brasil 1
7.0
09/06/06 23:18:42
007d 06h 48m 42s
59.0
3
2
ABN AMROONE
6.0
09/06/06 23:21:52
007d 06h 51m 52s
90.5
1
3
Ericsson
5.0
09/06/06 23:47:02
007d 07h 17m 02s
50.0
5
4
Pirates of the Caribbean
4.0
10/06/06 11:04:47
007d 18h 34m 47s
63.5
2
LEG EIGHT DAY 09 POSTION REPORT
Leg Standing
Yacht
Latitude
Longitude
Distance To Finish
Speed Made Good
24 Hour Run
24 Hour Speed
Distance To Leader
Distance To Leader Change
Projected Leg Points
Estimated Time of Arrival
Projected Race Points
Projected Overall Standings
5
AUS1
52 10.94N
003 59.26E
00008
11.9
263
11.0
00000
+00007
3.0
10/06/06 11:41:20
11.0
7
6
ABN2
52 21.30N
004 04.16E
00018
13.2
259
10.8
00010
+00009
2.0
10/06/06 12:35:22
50.5
4
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
AUS 1 Brunel
BRA1 Brasil 1
ERIC Ericsson Racing Team
POTC Pirates of the Caribbean
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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The Volvo Ocean Race
- The Volvo Ocean Race is a round the world yacht race featuring nine offshore legs, over 31,250 nautical miles. The 2005-06 features an inshore race at each of the index stopover ports.
- Four teams from the last race measured the media value of their exposure. The results showed an average of US$50 million, which equates to a 200-300% return on their sponsorship investment.
- The Volvo Ocean Race 2001-02 achieved a cumulative audience of over 800 million viewers ranking it among the top international sporting events.
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