Syndikate Vendee Globe 2008/09 - BT OPEN 60//SEB JOSSE www.btsebjosse.com - www.vendeeglobe.org - Übersicht BT Seb Josse - Morning Report: sent at 14/12/2008 08:30:55 Latest Positions 0400 UTC Team DTF/L 1 Paprec-Virbac 2 14500.0 2 Ecover 72.8 3 Veolia Environnement 92.1 5 BT 174.5 Full leaderboard, click here http://btsebjosse.com/leaderboard.asp Latest News Overnight from http://btsebjosse.com Foto: Thierry Martinez / Sea&Co / BT Team Ellen 14/12/2008 07:52 Dick widens the gap Thanks to a boat speed more than 2 knots higher than the rest of the frontrunners throughout the night, Jean Pierre Dick has this morning a record advantage of 74 milles on Mike Golding, second. Still 5th this morning, Sébastien have been slightly left behind sailing throughout the night at a 13 knots speed average. He is now 174 miles behind the leader. The leaders are now angled north-east towards the western end of the next ice security gate, less than 400 miles ahead. 13/12/2008 15:01 100 miles behind the leader Exactly 100 miles separate Sébastien from the leader Jean-Pierre Dick in terms of distance to the finish as the more southerly placed boats sail faster. But all the frontrunners are still sailing at an amazing speed - between the two latest position reports, average speed for BT is close to 20 knots as Roland Jourdain regains the 2nd position thanks to a 21 knots average speed. But these are the averages, Seb told his shore team today that he was at times going at 30+ knots plus. As is the trend, the boats are sailing on the edge of their limitations and some are now suffering - dismasting, keel damage and now rudder damage for Stamm. Have a look at our weather analysis section opposite to understand the forecast for the next 24 hours... 13/12/2008 11:01 Rudder damage on Cheminées Poujoulat Bernard Stamm has just alerted his team that he's diverting to Australia after discovering he has rudder problems. "The rudder bearings have worn abnormally and could break at any moment, making it impossible to manoeuvre the boat. I think it's due to a flaw in the material, because there's no reason for it to wear to this extent at this stage in a circumnavigation." He is under two reefs and staysail and is making for Fremantle. Follow all the action and find out more about the team at the official website http://www.btsebjosse.com Copyright © 1996-2016 - SEGEL.DE - Impressum Folkeboot - YCM - Phoenixsee - Bad Pyrmont - Lebenspartner - Single - Date - HDSLR Diese Seite...