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03/27/2001 - Day 87: 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 87 - Closing Parade of the Three Ollier Ships to go on Saturday, March 31st. Warta Polpharma and Team Legato in Similar Conditions, in a Tight Battle.
News - Tuesday, 03/27/2001, 11:30 PM GMT
| Position | 03/27/2001 11:30 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 (2860 nm from the finish. Head to head with Warta Polpharma, avg speed 11.3 knots) |
| 5th | Warta Polpharma (3033 nm from the finish. 173 nm from Team Legato. Further west than Team Legato, aiming to catch tradewinds first, avg speed 12.1 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
The closing parade of the giant catamarans will continue as originally scheduled on Saturday, March 31st in and around the Old Port in Marseilles. The "Three Sisters" will sail together, escorted by hundreds of sailing yachts.
This will be a big celebration Marseille style, this city with such a long sailing history.
Team Legato and Warta Polpharma are in identical wind and sea conditions heading north upwind into the north-easterly trade winds. They will have to make long tacks to reach the Canary Islands and the Strait of Gibraltar beyond. Seas are choppy with 6-10 foot swells and the ride is uncomfortable for all aboard. Sleeping is difficult. The only comforting factor is the warm air temperature.
Team Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivors' - crossed the equator 9:45 PM Sunday
Fred Dahirel: "We were expecting worse sailing conditions. It is easier to beat to windward in the long seas that we have at the moment and the going is not too bumpy. It’s quite enjoyable. Especially now that we have someone to race against for the first time in the race, that is nice. We are keeping a close eye on them to make sure we keep our distance."
"When we left the equator behind us yesterday, we sailed into an enormous squall with 40-knot winds. It did not last long but it was very intense. We quickly found ourselves with too much sail out because we hadn’t seen it coming. With the boat flying a hull, six or ten feet in the air, we eased out as much sail as we could and took down the solent. Team Legato is not built for sailing on one hull. The loads are just too great in that situation."
Team Legato has covered 272.2 nm in the last 24 hours.
They are currently 2866 nm from the finish, which they must reach in 7 days.
To make the finish they must cover 409 miles per day.
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - left two crew members in Fortaleza
Roman Paszke: "We are sailing north and quite far west. We have 20 knots of wind but we are avoiding sailing too close to the wind because we don’t want the port hull to be under strain. The people from Multiplast [original builders and designers of Warta] advised us not to do so for four or five days and to avoid contact with waves. We know we won’t finish before the end of The Race, so it is better not to push too hard. When we reach 15 degrees north, we will start to head east - not before. At the moment we are enjoying the great sailing conditions. It is sunny, the temperature is 26°C. It’s better than in Poland!"
Roman Paszke is steering almost due north (0345), apparently aiming to reach the northeast trade winds as soon as possible and get back on the direct route towards Gibraltar, the last obstacle before reaching their goal in Marseilles.
Warta Polpharma has covered 290.8 nm in the last 24 hours.
They are currently 3033 nm from the finish, which they must reach in 7 days.
To make the finish they must cover 433 miles per day.
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 |
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