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03/20/2001 - Day 80: 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Day 80 - Warta Polpharma Unofficially Withdrawn From The Race. Team Adventure Charging Towards Gibraltar. Team Legato Required Mileage Per Day Increasing - Not Looking Good for April 2nd.
News - Tuesday, 03/20/2001, 11:32 PM GMT
| Position | 03/20/2001 11:32 PM 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 (923 nm from finish. Due Marseille March 23, avg speed 22.2 knots) |
| 4th | Warta Polpharma (3341 nm from the finish. 2418 nm from TA, has unofficially withdrawn from the race, avg speed 11.4 knots) |
| 5th | Team Legato (4633 nm from the finish. 3710 from TA. Must maintain 337 mile a day average, avg speed 8.0 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 - Straits of Gibraltar tomorrow
Their speed in generated by a low centered over the Atlantic, producing strong southwesterly winds. This wind direction was enabling a direct line of attack towards the Strait of Gibraltar. They have now come up against a high-pressure system centered on Morocco and Algeria.
Philippe Peché: "We have just overtaken an old freighter, a gas tanker that was having a job to make 15 knots. They saw a rocket pass them at 25/26 knots and must have wondered what on earth just happened to them. Otherwise, it's been a tremendous experience and what has marked me most about this circumnavigation is the boat, she's a magic boat, very fast, and in perfect condition now. On board, there are two things surprising: the sails which are still giving 85 % of their performance after 25,000 miles racing round the world, and our ropes. Everything has held really well, we have only broken a mainsheet and that was when had to "dump" it in a hurry. The new Spectra fibres have proved themselves, they are light and very efficient and could without problems be used on big cruising yachts."
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - Out of The Race
Warta-Polpharma is out of the Race possibly due to compression failure that caused the split in the hull at 8 PM Sunday night. There is a large crack in the port hull running from deck-level to 1.3 ft above water-level, six feet in front of the main beam. Some water leaking into a compartmentalized section of the port hull.
They have reinforced the crack with mainsail battens laminated over it that they have had attached to the inside of the hull to make up for the loss of resistance and strength of the structure of the boat.
They are making slow progress towards Fortaleza, Brazil, which they should reach by Thursday. Fortaleza was selected as it has the equipment required to hoist Warta Polpharma out of the water to be able to perform a thorough examination of the damage and perform the repairs. Roman Paszke was advised to head for Fortaleza, Brazil, by the team’s insurance company, who specialise in maritime insurance.
Dariusz Drapella: "We must first of all carry out a thorough inspection of the hull once the boat has been hauled out of the water, and then the weather must be favourable (heat is need to cure the resins). We have talked a lot amongst ourselves about what we are going to do. We will take the decision to join Marseilles only if we can carry out a reliable repair within an acceptable delay, and we won't be taking risks with the boat".
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' - equator in 5 days
Team Legato's weather routers are hopeful that Tony and his crew will experience 15-18 knot winds from the southeast on tomorrow which will then carry them at high speed right up to the Doldrums, currently some 1,600 miles to the north.
Tony Bullimore: "If we get these winds soon, and can pass through the Doldrums without too much of a hold-up in the calms, then we have a chance to beat the time limit, it's all down to what the wind gods give us this week."
"It's a very difficult course to cover [in time], but it is possible with ideal conditions and we will keep pushing on with determination."
Team Legato must cover 345.7 miles each day to make the deadline of 20:56 GMT on Monday 2 April.
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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