Day 55, Thursday January 28, 1999

There was no news from the fleet and no changes in position. Progress was slow and even Hunter, who was only 62 miles from finish line by the end of the day, could miss the deadline if the wind would get lighter or die altogether.

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Positions:

Class 1

Place

Skipper

Boat

Latitude

Longitude

Dist. to go

Speed

Dist. to first

Time

1

Soldini

Fila

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

2

Thierceli

Somewhere

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

3

Autissier

PRB

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

4

Hall

Gartmore

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

5

Konioukhov

Mod.Univ.Human.

35 10S

171 31E

247

4.9

247.2

2140

6

Golding

Team Group 4

Retired

Auckland

0

0

0

0

Class 2

Place

Skipper

Boat

Latitude

Longitude

Dist. to go

Speed

Dist. to first

Time

1

Mouligne

Cray Valley

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

2

Garside

Magellan Alpha

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

3

Van Liew

Balance Bar

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

4

Yazykov

Wind of Change

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

5

Saito

Shuten-dohji II

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

6

Petersen

No Barriers

Auckland

0

0

0

0

0

7

Hunter

Paladin II

35 44S

174 45E

62

5.2

62.4

2144

8

Davie

South Carolina

40 08S

156 52E

1001

6.4

1001.1

2144

9

Stricker

Rapscallion III

Retired

0

0

0

0

0

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