|
03/30/2001 - Day 90: 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 90 - Parade of Champions set for Saturday, while The Race Between Team Legato and Warta Polpharma Heats up in the Atlantic - the Poles are Fighting Back.
News - Friday, 03/30/2001, 11:30 PM GMT
| Position | 03/30/2001 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 (2257 nm from the finish. Covered 238 nm in the last 24 hours. Avg speed 9.9 knots) |
| 5th | Warta Polpharma (2476 nm from the finish. 219 nm from Team Legato. Has made up 60 miles on Team Legato. Covered 348.5 nm in the last 24 hours. Avg speed 14.5 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.
 |
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.
The parade is planned to start at 1430 in the Vieux Port and should last until 1530, when the boats will leave harbour for a show of sails along the beaches, until about 1730.
This will be a big celebration Marseille style, this city with such a long sailing history.
Aboard Club Med, eight of the crew of 13 will be there for the celebrations. The others are already competing in other events. Their places on board will be taken by four members of the boat’s prep team.
Aboard Innovation Explorer, none of the crew wanted to miss the great day. They will all be there.
Aboard Team Adventure, 80% of the crew have said they will attend.
Both Team Legato and Warta Polpharma will have to cut through the slows of the Azores high pressure system.
Team Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivors' - working upwind
Bullimore: "At present we are pushing along into the North East Trades. It would be great to have the wind free us off by around 30 / 40 degrees, our speed would accelerate to around 20 knots, but that is just wishful thinking."
"We have pulled out a lead over the Polish boat of around 270 miles, which is all good stuff and a credit to the crew. However, we must continue to push all the way, and be careful. The winds looks far less certain closer to Gib' and we could lose this lead in a matter of hours. This race within The Race could yet finish up too close to call."
"It is forecast for the next couple of days to favor us. The weather north of the trade winds is less certain at this stage so we have to cross that bridge when it comes."
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - gaining back on Team Legato
Warta Polpharma has gained back 60 miles on Team Legato in the last 24 hours, and has a substantially higher average speed (14.5 versus 9.9 knots).
It appears that they are no longer as concerned about the port hull, as the curing time that Multiplast had requested is over.
Map images courtesy of Virtual Spectator, click here to go to The Race site for a free download of the software.
|
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 |
|
[Print]
[Close]
E-mail: Webmistress
| ||