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21.09.2013 / Day 13 / RACE 02
BREST, FRANCE - RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
It’s been all change at the top of the leader board
in the last 24 hours as the 12 strong fleet of racing yachts competing in the Clipper 13-14 Race battle the variable and dynamic conditions of the Doldrums.
GREAT Britain has been celebrating after climbing into third place, knocking rivals Henri Lloyd out of the top three for the first time in Race 2. With the uncertainty of the Doldrums playing havoc with the fleets’ progress, the podium positions are still anyones for the taking.
Meanwhile Matt Mitchell, skipper of Mission Performance has been making steady speed in a wind of 10 knots, while Olly Cotterell, skipper of OneDLL shared his frustration after a day of little progress as the fleet battle the light and variable wind conditions of the Doldrums.
“The big blue watery road has well and truly led us to the Doldrums as we experience a day of fickle winds. I had been tracking our progress and we were doing really well with six hourly runs that were in the top of the fleet, making slow gains on the front runners while holding off the rest of the fleet. Our favours have turned however and most of today was spent with 5 knots of wind or less.”
In the last 24 hours former first place entry, Derry~Londonderry~Doire has activated its Stealth Mode. Its position in the fleet was last broadcast yesterday 1200UTC and will be hidden from the yachts and the public until today at 1200 UTC.
You can keep an eye on the fleets progress here at the Official Race Viewer. To catch up with all of our skippers, you can read the daily skipper reports here.
Report Henri LLoyd:
It has been a tough 24 hours of stop and start sailing. We have spent portions of today not having any wind. It is tough to write about how great it all is when the sails are flapping and the position reports show the fleet compressing. We always knew this would be a particularly difficult time to cross the Doldrums and we just need to hang in there and see what unfolds.
We still have a long way to go before we get to the other side as the whole system is moving south with us. We did do some drills today, a fire drill leading into an abandon ship drill. You can never practice these sorts of drills too much and there is always good learning that comes out of them.
latest boat standings
position / team
DTL
dTF
MISSION PERFORMANCE
2251M
GREAT BRITAIN
2280M
HENRI LLOYD
2298.5M
ONEDLL
2324.1M
INVEST AFRICA
2338.5M
QINGDAO
2348.5M
PSP LOGISTICS
2365.8M
SWITZERLAND
2381.9M
DERRY-LONDONDERRY-DOIRE
STEALTH MODE
2379.1M
JAMAICA GET ALL RIGHT
2388.2M
TEAM GARMIN
2398.6M
OLD PULTENEY
2422.3M
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