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04/08/2001 - Day 99: 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 99 - Warta Polpharma has Passed Through the Straits of Gibraltar. Team Legato Finally Gaining Some Speed - 4 knots to 7 knots.
News - Sunday, 04/08/2001, 11:15 PM GMT
| Position | 04/08/2001 11:15 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 | Warta Polpharma (350.0 nm from the finish. Has gained 297 nm on Team Legato. Covered 286.1 nm in the last 24 hours. Still has 14 hrs time credit. Avg speed 14.0 knots) |
| 5th | Team Legato (987.2 nm from the finish. 637.3 nm from Warta Polpharma. Covered 124.9 nm in the last 24 hours. Avg speed 7.0 knots) |
| 6th | PlayStation DNF |
The finish line is in the Western Mediterranean, by Marseille.
The finish line is the length of The Catalans. At the quai des Belges, 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
Virtual Spectator has not been updated since Friday, April 6th.
Now's Official Race Tracker has not been updated since Friday, April 6th.
Warta Polpharma projected finish:
Those Fabulous Poles - in the Mediterranean
Warta Polpharma passed through Gibraltar Straits Saturday at 8:37 PM GMT.
They had a westerly wind rising to 30 knots in the 20 mile wide passage. And similarly to her predecessors, she went through a short period of light winds before regaining some speed.
Weather for Warta Polpharma:
Monday: variable wind force 2 freshening to force 3 to 4 by midday. Waves from the north, north-east 1 to 2 meters.
Tuesday: wind from the west, north-west force 4 freshening to force 6 to 7 from the north-west by midday. Waves from the north-west 2 to 3 meters.
Saturday night, Warta Polpharma crossed the Polish ship Pogoria. Many messages were exchanged with the Pogoria's captain.
Darius Drapella showing his sense of humour to Pegoria's captain: "I would have loved to have climbed aboard, just to see some other faces than the crew with which I have been sailing now for more than 90 days".
With their 476 miles lead on Team Legato, and their 14 hour time credit for the two unpenalized stops to repair the Immarsat B, 4th place is guaranteed for Warta Polpharma.
References:
cat-alist.com: Day 47
In consultation with The Race committee, the boat was granted a time allowance based amongst other things on the course diversion, the weather conditions and the time spent at the dockside. The stop in Wellington added to the time allowance of seven hours they received when they stopped in Gibraltar.
cat-alist.com: Day 51
They have 14 hours of time credit that will be applied at the end of the race for the two unpenalized stops.
Team Legato projected finish:
Team Legato - 'the Survivors' - beating upwind
Team Legato is making very little ground, having only covered 124.9 miles in the last 24 hours, less that Saturday. They have been struggling at 4 knots, but have recently attained 7 knots. These conditions have caused a reassessment of their arrival to Thursday or Friday.
Weather for Team Legato:
Monday: wind from the north-east force 5 weakening to force 4 by midday. Waves from the north 2 to 3 meters.
Tuesday: wind from the east, north-east force 4 weakening force 2 to 3 by midday. Waves from the north-east less than 1 meters.
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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