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03/16/2001 - Day 76: News | [Print] [Close] |
| Innovation Explorer is in turqoise
Club Med in yellow Team Adventure is green | PlayStation is in red
Warta is orange Team Legato is blue |
Day 76 - Team Adventure Still Beating Upwind. Warta Polpharma in the Northern Hemisphere. Team Legato - Back into the Wind.
News - Saturday, 03/16/2001, 2:37 AM GMT
| Position | 03/16/2001 2:37 AM GMT |
| 1st | Club Med (WINNER OF THE RACE Elapsed Time: 62d 6h 56m Approx. Ave Speed:18 knots) |
| 2nd | Innovation Explorer (FINISHED 2ND AT 11:35:38 GMT 03/06/2001 - 64 d 22 h 32 m 38 s Approx. Ave. Speed: 18.45 knots) |
| 3rd | Team Adventure (2233 nm from finish. Still in northeast trade winds beating upwind, avg speed 13.3 knots) |
| 4th | Warta Polpharma (3313 nm from the finish. 1080 nm from TA, has passed the equator, making good time, avg speed 12.1 knots) |
| 5th | Team Legato (5475 nm from the finish. 3242 from TA. Finally back into some breeze but did not make required mileage today, avg speed 13.2 knots) |
| 6th | PlayStation DNF |
The finish line is in the Western Mediterranean, by Marseille.
The finish line is the length of The Catalans. Innovation Explorer is docked at the quai des Belges, where an 80 meter finger has been especially constructed for the occasion.
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Click here to read more on the finish in Marseille |
Team Adventure projected finish:
Team Adventure, Entertainment Extreme - level with the Cape Verde Islands
Wind on the nose still, very little sleep for the team from the constant pounding and vigilance required.
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - in the northern hemisphere
Warta-Polpharma has passed the equator. Warta Polpharma has slowed as they approach the Doldrums. They will shortly be in the same headwinds as Team Adventure. They have gained another 100 miles on Team Adventure.
The northeast trade winds may force them to beat to windward at least as far as the Canaries, possibly all the way to Gibraltar.
From the NOW live tracker, www.now.com
| Innovation Explorer is in turqoise
Club Med in yellow Team Adventure is green | PlayStation is in red
Warta is orange Team Legato is blue |
Team Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivor's' - from Argentina to Brasil
Team Legato should shortly be out of the light winds, and into 25 knot Easterlies. Then they will be on the south-east Trades expressway all the way up the coast of Brasil to the Equator.
Paul Larson: "We have suddenly found a corridor of wind and are batting along at 22knots in flat water. Where the wind has come from, we don't know, and right now we don't really care. All that matters is that we are on course and going for it."
Team Legato must finish in 18 days - before 20:56 GMT on Monday 2 April. She has covered 286 miles in the last 24 hours, below the 322 miles needed daily, but better than yesterday.
As of today they are down to 110 miles advantage over the deadline.
From the NOW live tracker, www.now.com
| Innovation Explorer is in turqoise
Club Med in yellow Team Adventure is green | PlayStation is in red
Warta is orange Team Legato is blue |
Map images courtesy of Virtual Spectator, click here to go to The Race site for a free download of the software.
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Club Med in blue
Innovation Explorer is in green Warta Polpharma is yellow | Team Adventure is in orange
Team Legato is in brick-red PlayStation is in orange-red |
Map images courtesy of Virtual Spectator, click here to go to The Race site for a free download of the software.
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Club Med in blue
Innovation Explorer is in green Warta Polpharma is yellow | Team Adventure is in orange
Team Legato is in brick-red Watcher is the dotted yellow line PlayStation is in orange-red |
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