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03/23/2001 - Day 83: 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 83 - Team Adventure to Arrive in Marseille 9 AM Saturday. Warta Polpharma in Fortaleza Undergoing Repairs. Team Legato Looking Forward to a Match Race with Warta Polpharma.
News - Friday, 03/23/2001, 11:22 PM GMT
| Position | 03/23/2001 11:22 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 (79 nm from finish. Set to claim third place, should arrive in Marseille 9 AM GMT, avg speed 11.7 knots) |
| 4th | Warta Polpharma (3719 nm from the finish. 3640 nm from TA, Warta is coming back! Will have a match race with Team Legato to Marseille, avg speed 0.0 knots) |
| 5th | Team Legato (3902 nm from the finish. 3823 from TA. Heading towards the equator, looking forward to the boat on boat race with Warta, avg speed 9.1 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 Med 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 - Marselle at 9 AM GMT Saturday
The French port of Marseille is gearing itself up to greet the third finisher in The Race.
Co-skipper Larry Rosenfeld: "We’re gybing downwind on a 35-degree true bearing towards Marseille. It will take us to the morning to reach there. We’re out of wine, so we need to finish. It is the completion of a dream for Cam [Lewis] and me."
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - in Fortaleza undergoing repairs
Warta Polpharma is undergoing repairs to her damaged port hull. Darius Drapella reported they have been hampered by delays and bureaucracy, and they will have to decide whether to wait for a replacement mainsail car.
If they hang on for it, they risk letting Tony Bullimore open out a lead which would be difficult to close up. The main job of relaminating te damaged area seems to have been completed successfully.
Darius Drapella: "The major crack is already filled up and all the grinding is finished. We will start the first laminating in 30 minutes' time. It will take at least until 18:00 local time."
"If it is possible within 48 hours of our arrival time, we could be able to leave, but there is another factor as well. We are urgently waiting for the traveler for the mainsheet car, the car for the aft crossbeam. It is being shipped, but the problem we have is how to overcome the horrible bureaucrats in Brazil."
"Yesterday, I spent at least six hours having a taxi on standby to get clearance for our arrival. It was a miracle I have got clearance for our departure already. When the boat is technically ready, there will be no official obstacles to let us go."
"If we want to get this car fitted, the earliest arrival time for it is tomorrow morning. We will have to discuss with Roman [Paszke, skipper] what to do."
Darius Drapella regarding Team Legato: "I hope it will be exciting sailing with two boats of similar size."
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' - need to average 377nm a day
The bad news is that it is not likely Team Legato will make it by April 2nd for the finish. The good news is that Warta Polpharma and Team Legato will match race to Marseille.
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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