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03/21/2001 - Day 81: 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 81 - Warta Polpharma Fortaleza in a few hours. Team Adventure in the Straits of Gibraltar. Team Legato Required Mileage Per Day Increasing - Looking Worse for April 2nd.
News - Thursday, 03/22/2001, 3:08 AM GMT
| Position | 03/22/2001 3:08 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 03/07/2001 - 64 d 22 h 32 m 38 s Approx. Ave. Speed: 18.45 knots) |
| 3rd | Team Adventure (670 nm from finish. Slowed in light winds, avg speed 9.3 knots) |
| 4th | Warta Polpharma (3686 nm from the finish. 3016 nm from TA, has unofficially withdrawn from the race, avg speed 13.6 knots) |
| 5th | Team Legato (4361 nm from the finish. 3791 from TA. Heading towards the Doldrums, must cover 359 miles/day, avg speed 11.2 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 - in the Straits of Gibraltar
Team Adventure is now in the Strait of Gibraltar but has slowed down drastically
in a high-pressure system, stretching across the top of north Africa and into the southern Mediterranean.
Lewis: Wind predictions are good to Gib, then we will have to get lucky to get to Mallorca with pace. The Med is the Med and we will play the game as best we can. The first reef is dead at the outboard end. It's a shame as it's the only failure we have had on the sails with the exception of battens breaking. Last night we lost the final reinforcements and had to sail with two reefs for a while. A small loss in speed, but that's the game."
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - Fortaleza in a few hours
Warta Polpharma is 200 miles outside of Fortaleza, Brazil.
Yann Penformis from the Multiplast yard is supervising the repairs and has suggested that three days may be enough. If this is the case she may put back into the race. After coming so far, how could they not try. These fabulous sailors that are bringing the sailing fever to Poland have done us proud and will get a hero's welcome from Marseille, no matter when they arrive.
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' - taking a very westerly course
The good news appears to be the Doldrums are very narrow at this point, allowing Team Legato to pass swiftly through and hook into the northeast trade winds. They are only 200 miles off of the coast of Brazil by the Martin Vaz islands, 400 miles south of Salvador de Bahia.
Bullimore, if Warta Polpharma manages to be repaired quickly: "It would be fantastic if they came back into the race just behind us, it would be a real race back to Marseilles!"
Team Legato must cover 359 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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