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03/25/2001 - Day 85: 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 85 - Warta Polpharma Back in The Race - Prepare for a Cat Fight in the Atlantic!
News - Sunday, 03/25/2001, 3:00 PM GMT
| Position | 03/25/2001 3:00 PM GMT |
| 1st | Club Med (WINNER OF THE RACE 03/03/2001 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 (FINISHED 3RD AT 9:21:02 GMT 03/24/2001 - 82 d 20 h 21 m 02 s Approx. Ave. Speed: 14.97 knots) |
| 4th | Team Legato (3314 nm from the finish. Has taken 4th place from Warta Polpharma. Heading towards the equator, looking forward to the boat on boat race with Warta, avg speed 15.3 knots) |
| 5th | Warta Polpharma (3444 nm from the finish. 130 nm from Team Legato. Warta left Fortaleza, Brazil. Will have a match race with Team Legato to Marseille, avg speed 11.6 knots) |
| 6th | PlayStation DNF |
The finish line is in the Western Mediterranean, by Marseille.
The finish line is the length of The Catalans. Team Adventure is docked at the quai des Belges, where an 80 meter finger has been especially constructed for The Race arrivals.
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Click here to read more on the finish in Marseille |
The Finishes Statistics
The Finishes
Records Broken in this Race
Records broken
Boat Damage on Finishers
Boat Damage on finishers
Team Adventure, Entertainment Extreme - FINISHED!
21 days after Club Med, Cam Lewis and his 8 teammates have crossed the finish line at 9 AM 21 minutes 2 seconds GMT, watched by Innovation Explorer and a hundred or so following boats. They were under double reef and staysail. Innovation Explorer accompanied Team Adventure to the harbour, as Club Med had done for her on her arrival. The spectator boats following behind.
The maxi-cat is now at the winners dock in front of city hall. After a few minutes with their friends and family, Cam Lewis and his teammates received their prize on the podium, a smaller version of the award that Innovation Explorer received. Next was the press conference at the Village of Navigators.
Congratulations to Cam Lewis (USA), Larry Rosenfeld (USA), Randy Smyth (USA), Jean-Yves Bernot (F), Jacques Vincent (F), Lionel Lemonchois (F), Philippe Peche (F), Fred Carrere (F), Fred Brousse (F).
The following teammates who left part way through are not to be forgotten: Rob Miles (USA), Yann Eliès (F), Mickaël Lundh (Su), Jeffrey Wargo (USA), Rick Deppe (USA).
Miles covered : 29773
Average speed : 14.97 knots
Duration : 82 days, 20 hours, 21 minutes, 2 seconds.
Jacques Vincent and Philippe Peché on the boat: "Apart from the delamination problems with the main beam fairing we didn't break anything and the sails are in excellent shape, even though we were attempting a first by taking sails in cuben fibre around the world."
Team Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivors' - has taken 4th place
Team Legato has taken 4th place, leading Warta Polpharma by 130 miles. They should be able to extend this lead as Warta Polpharma has to do some navigating out of Brazil before they can make the equator their target.
The end to The Race will be a cat fight to the finish! A fitting end to the most exciting no holds barred, multihull round the world race.
Team Legato has covered 367.5 nm in the last 24 hours.
They are currently 3314 nm from the finish, which they must reach in 9 days.
To make the finish they must cover 368 miles per day.
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - Back Under Way!
Dariusz Drapella: "We haven't yet received the mainsail cars that we are expecting from France. Never mind, we'll do without, we are used to it. We are still in the race and we don't want to loose a minute more, despite the extraordinary reception the Brazilians have afforded us here."
Darius could not find words strong enough to thank the people who have helped them down there and namely a certain Juliano, who managed to sort out all the problems that the Poles came up against during this forced stopover in Fortaleza. "We would like to thank him a thousand times and we would dearly love to welcome him aboard another time, and congratulations to Team Adventure, we are happy that the third boat has reached port safely".
Warta Polpharma has covered 278.4 nm in the last 24 hours.
They are currently 3444 nm from the finish, which they must reach in 9 days.
To make the finish they must cover 382 miles per day.
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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