© Photo Richard Konkolski
© Photo Richard Konkolski
Marc Thiercelin continued to close Cape Horn, less than 500 miles to the west. He notified headquarters that he would make a short stop at Staten Island to make repairs to his gooseneck.
Cray Valley © Photo Billy Black
Farther back J.P. Mouligne was leading Class II with 168 miles gap over second-placed Mike Garside. They were sailing in the strongest wind generated by an intense low of 968 millibars following them more to their south.
Wind of Change Russia © Photo Billy Black 
Viktor Yazykov remained in fourth. He was one of two skippers who were able to send email. Yazykov wrote: "It is early morning. All night long we have a light wind out here. But day before the weather was really wild. The boat has being knock down for many times. New windex installed in Auckland two weeks ago washed away from the masthead. And one solar panel washed away from the deck. Lazy jack broke, boom dropped on deck, luckily no damages. The boat speed reached 25 knots few times but we have lost lots of mileage. Got to up north, because even with few square meters for sail area we could sail only almost dead down wind. The air pressure drops down again. Hope it would not be as bad as yesterday."
Mike Garside
Mike Garside reported damage: "…I was horrified to see that the starboard running backstays - not the ones currently in action securing the mast - had broken free during the night. Incredibly, the top one had managed to flip itself over the end of the boom. The three lines were trapped, two on one side of the boom and one on the other. This was serious. Until I could unhook them I would be unable to tack the boat at all."
"[The repair] took me five hours and I was frozen and aching from head to foot from a fall [taken while crawling out on the boom to gather the stay]... But I was so exhausted I could not drive the boat through the night as though I meant it. By dawn we had rounded the [mandatory Leg 3] waypoint. Now, 36 hours into the storm I am back in the race but have lost a huge amount of ground in the process."
© Photo Richard Konkolski
Place |
Skipper |
Boat |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Dist. to go |
Speed |
Dist. to first |
Time |
1 |
Thiercelin |
Somewhere |
57 44S |
077 43W |
1489 |
11.1 |
0 |
2140 |
2 |
Soldini |
Fila |
56 05S |
088 41W |
1840 |
16.2 |
351.2 |
2140 |
3 |
Autissier |
PRB |
Rescued |
by |
Soldini |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Hall |
Gartmore |
Retiring |
to |
Chatham Is. |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Place |
Skipper |
Boat |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Dist. to go |
Speed |
Dist. to first |
Time |
1 |
Mouligne |
Cray Valley |
54 10S |
105 35W |
2429 |
9 |
0 |
2144 |
2 |
Garside |
Magellan Alpha |
54 42S |
111 02W |
2598 |
10.8 |
168.1 |
2144 |
3 |
Van Liew |
Balance Bar |
53 55S |
113 21W |
2690 |
10.7 |
260.7 |
2144 |
4 |
Yazykov |
Wind of Change |
50 58S |
118 05W |
2923 |
10.2 |
493.7 |
2144 |
5 |
Saito |
Shuten-dohji II |
51 07S |
147 56W |
3906 |
5.8 |
1476.2 |
2144 |
6 |
Petersen |
No Bariers |
47 30S |
152 22W |
4162 |
6.8 |
1732.2 |
2144 |
7 |
Hunter |
Paladin II |
47 02S |
156 01W |
4301 |
6 |
1871.9 |
2144 |
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