13/12/2008 - A Drag Race...
BT Seb Josse - Morning Report: sent at 13/12/2008 08:31:00
Latest Positions 0400 UTC
Team DTF/L
1 Paprec-Virbac 2 14938.0
2 Ecover 45.3
3 Veolia Environnement 48.2
5 BT 111.7
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Jean Pierre Dick starts his 5th day in the lead of the Vendée Globe,
clocking up the greatest distance over 24 hours of 448.5 miles last
night beating the 2004 439 mile 24h record set by Roland Jourdain. The
first five boats are now sailing on a direct route to reach the third
Ice Gate and a pure drag race is going on... Average boat speeds are
really close to 20 knots during the last hour. Sébastien, following his
"fast but safe" approach, is still 5th, 111 miles behind the leader and
is sailing at a stable average speed of 17 knots between the last two
position report. At 0600hrs GMT Dominique Wavre was about 30 miles to
the SW of the Bay of Morbihan on the east coast of the Kerguelen Islands
which will provide a safe haven following the serious damage to his keel
yesterday.
12/12/2008 17:27 Dominique Wavre suffers serious keel issue
There's been a tough blow aboard Temenos II. Around 1430 UT Dominique
contacted his shore crew as the ram attachment to the keel head has
yielded. The result of this breakage is that the keel has come away from
its rams and is no longer held in a stable position and is free to swing
in big seas (Dominique spoke of 6m waves during the midday radio
session) which is threatening the solidity of the hull bottom and hence
the boat's integrity. For the time being the skipper is fine and is
requesting no assistance. He doesn't envisage abandoning ship. He
immediately dumped his sails and contacted naval architect Merfyn Owen
so as to determine the consequences of such damage. The skipper
explained that he hadn't felt any impact at the point that the damage
occurred.
12/12/2008 16:53 Weather Analysis
Check the forecast in our weather section opposite: "Stormy weather
moving in from the west"
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