Volvo Ocean Race 2011/2012 - Leg 7 - Miami - Lissabon

Fotogalerie Leg 7 Tagesberichte siehe Menu unten Pressemitteilung vom Start der 7. Etappe des Volvo Ocean Race May 21, 2012 - 1900 UTC Leg 7 Day 2 GROUPAMA PLAYS TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO TO PERFECTION Leg 7 21/05/2012 19:17:58 UTC &xnbsp; DTL DTLC BS DTF 1 GPMA 0.00 0 17.9 3274.6 2 CMPR 47.30 5 15.5 3322.0 3 PUMA 50.10 24 13.4 3324.7 4 TELE 53.60 12 12.6 3328.3 5 ADOR 68.70 18 13.3 3343.3 6 SNYA 87.20 35 10 3361.8 The North Atlantic is a playing field that Franck Cammas/FRA and Groupama sailing team know well and today they played Tropical Storm Alberto to perfection, extending their lead by gybing at the critical time.“We might actually be faster than this low,” said CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand navigator Will Oxley earlier today. “If it is stationary and we move off it won’t be so good. If it moves with us we could see some fast 24-hour runs for sure. For now we’re concentrating on this particular system – there’s another low ridge at the end so there’s plenty of stuff going on. We don’t care how long the leg takes as long as we’re first.”Earlier, Groupama and PUMA set off down wind at high speeds while the chasing pack of four struggled with upwind conditions. By 1900 GMT tonight, CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand had risen to second position as PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG paid heavily for an expensive hitch to the north, losing 24 nm in the past three hour period. Although speeds have settled at around 18 knots for the leaders, the chasing pack of five in the Volvo Ocean Race fleet have yet to engage in a really high-speed chase.Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing’s skipper Ian Walker/GBR is looking for a break, although spirits on board are high after winning the PortMiami in-port race on Saturday.“With a bit of luck we’ll be able to stay in the south east quadrant of it [the storm], and, as the depression moves northeast we can ride with it giving us a good angle up to the north east,” he said. “It really then depends on whether we can stay with the depression up towards the ice exclusion zone or whether we try to hop across the Azores High. It’s all very uncertain at the moment.”At 1900 GMT, Groupama led by 47.3 nm over CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand, while the rest of the fleet struggled to keep pace. Mike Sanderson’s Sanya suffered heavily, losing 35 nm and after just over 24 hours at sea, the fleet is now split by 87.20 nm from Groupama in first, to Sanya in sixth. 21. Mai 2012 GROUPAMA LEADS THE FLEET NORTH ON GULF STREAM CONVEYOR BELT Leg 21/05/2012 :01:43 UTC &xnbsp; DTL DTLC BS DTF 1 GPMA 0.00 0 13 3485.2 2 TELE 1.20 1 13.5 3486.4 3 PUMA 4.30 3 12.3 3489.5 4 CMPR 4.50 3 12.2 3489.7 5 ADOR 4.70 3 12.1 3489.9 6 SNYA 5.80 3 12.8 3491.0 After a light airs start to Leg 7 yesterday, Groupama (Franck Cammas/FRA) has the lead today as northerly winds blowing against the Gulf Stream kick up a choppy sea in the opening stages of the transatlantic leg to Lisbon in Portugal.The fleet’s progress north is being helped by three knots of positive current from the Gulf Stream conveyor belt, but has made for an unpleasant and bumpy start to the 3,590 nautical mile (nm) leg.“There’s nothing like going upwind in the Gulf Stream and slamming into a big swell,” said PUMA watch captain Tony Mutter. Already the fleet has made good progress on what all crews expect to be an exhilarating and predominantly downwind ride back to European waters.

Groupama und Puma nach Start Foto: Paul Todd/VOR

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