15 June 2006 10:40
Back on the super highway
Leg nine, the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race 2005-06, got underway from Rotterdam this morning and the fleet is now beating up the coast of Holland at speeds of around 11 knots, taking care to remain inshore of the traffic separation zones which are the super highways for some of the world’s largest commercial shipping.
Already the fleet has separated into three groups. Twelve miles offshore is Ericsson (Neal McDonald), while furthest inshore is Brasil 1 (Torben Grael), just seven miles off the Dutch coast. ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) is ahead of ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) who is following in her tracks, while in another group, Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard) leads Brunel (Matt Humphries) who is sailing with only nine crew due to Graeme Taylor being prevented by illness from being onboard the boat for their final push for a podium position.
Brasil 1 leads the fleet which is currently 19 miles south west of Den Helder in the North Sea.
LEG NINE DAY 01, 1600 GMT POSITION REPORT
Leg Standing
Yacht
Latitude
Longitude
Distance To Finish
Speed Made Good
Distance To Leader
Distance To Leader Change
Projected Leg Points
Estimated Time of Arrival
Projected Race Points
Projected Overall Standings
1
BRA1
52 49.45N
004 32.01E
00435
11.1
00000
+00000
7.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
69.0
3
2
ABN1
52 48.54N
004 31.62E
00436
11.1
00001
+00000
6.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
100
1
3
POTC
52 46.90N
004 30.52E
00438
10.8
00003
-00001
5.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
71.0
2
4
AUS1
52 46.98N
004 30.08E
00438
10.7
00003
-00002
4.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
15.5
7
5
ABN2
52 46.39N
004 31.14E
00438
10.6
00003
-00002
3.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
55.5
4
6
ERIC
52 45.56N
004 25.13E
00441
11.0
00006
-00001
2.0
17/06/06 11:__:__
54.0
5
ABN1 ABN AMRO ONE
ABN2 ABN AMRO TWO
BRA1 Brasil 1
AUS1 Brunel
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
Lizzie GreenPress Officer at race headquarters:
Tel: +44 1489 554 832, Mob: +44 7801 185 320
Email: lizzie.green@volvooceanrace.org mailto:lizzie.green@volvooceanrace.org
Sophie Luther Press Assistant at race headquarters
Mob: +44 7956 285548 email: sophie.luther@volvooceanrace.org
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