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04/03/2001 - Day 94: News | [Print] [Close] |
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Club Med in yellow Team Adventure is green | PlayStation is in red
Warta is orange Team Legato is blue |
Day 94 - Team Legato Should Reach Las Palmas by Wednesday, Suffering in 25 knot Headwinds. Warta Polpharma in Gibraltar by Sunday.
News - Tuesday, 04/03/2001, 11:46 PM GMT
| Position | 04/03/2001 11:46 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 (1579 nm from the finish. Covered 207.2 nm in the last 24 hours. Due Las Palmas on Wednesday evening. Avg speed 8.6 knots) |
| 5th | Warta Polpharma (1732 nm from the finish. 153 nm from Team Legato. Has made up 133 miles on Team Legato. Covered 302.0 nm in the last 24 hours. Avg speed 12.6 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 Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivors' - 250 miles from Las Palmas in 25 knot headwinds
The temporary repair on the base of the damaged wing mast is holding. It has been further reinforced with plywood cut from floorboards.
The repairs in Las Palmas will consist of lifting the mast up, fitting a new ball joint on the main beam (assuming makers Carbospars can get the necessary part transported in time) and leave as soon as possible. However they are delayed in arriving by a day due to strong 25 knot headwinds that they must endure with a non-rotating mast.
Barry Pickthall, team manager: "If all goes well, we expect to get them back out to sea within eight to 12 hours. Then they should be able to reach Gibraltar by Sunday and finish in Marseille on Tuesday or Wednesday 10-11 April."
Bullimore: "When is this bad luck going to end?" Bullimore asked on Tuesday. We've had the winds on the nose for the best part of the last 5,000 miles. We are pretty fed up with it. We just have to keep pointing as high as possible. We would hope to get to Las Palmas by Wednesday afternoon or evening."
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - Gibraltar by Sunday
Polpharma is now heading north-east towards Gibraltar, as they are on a more direct route, their distance to finish is dropping rapidly. They have gained 133 miles on Team Legato, partly because of Team Legato's fighting headwinds and not heading towards Gibraltar.
Paszke to Team Legato: "Honestly, we are very sorry. We had hoped it would be an interesting race without any more breakdowns, but life is writing the scenarios for this Race. I hope you will manage to repair everything fast and we will cross the finish line close to each other."
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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