Austissier's PRB © Foto Billy BlackEarly today, Autissier had closed to within nine miles of class leader
Marc Thiercelin. She was sailing within two miles of the Brazilian coastline and fighting
adverse current along the shoreline. Race officials were concerned about her close
vicinity to shore and they contacted her via the COMSAT-C. Isabelle almost immediately
replied: "Not in arms of Brazilian coast. Do not worry. I'm okay. Just trying to
escape the bloody current."
Austissier's PRB © Foto Billy Black
Garside had dropped to third place. He was 43 miles behind leader Brad Van Liew and 16 miles astern of J.P. Mouligne. He was still struggling with the keel's hydraulic leak. He used up all of his engine and cooking oil and was able to stabilize the keel amidships. Jean-Pierre moved to second place.
Garside's Magellan Alpha © Foto Billy
Black
He sent the following message: "Yesterday I was able to fix the
batten problem on the main sail. After reinforcing the ends with fiberglass tape I drilled
the ends and bolted them in place. The whole repair job took me 3 hours of precious time
but I was happy to see that I did not lose too much ground. The main sail is up again and
looks very good and I am back at full efficiency. I carry a minimum amount of tools and
spare parts on board partially to save weight and also because Phil is afraid that I would
hurt myself or get confused if I had too many! So back to racing. I am 40 miles from the
Equator on a close reach to make the tip of Brazil. It is a beautiful morning, 15 knots of
wind and flat seas. Today, Balance Bar has a 20 miles lead."
Cray
Valley © Foto Billy Black
Place |
Skiper |
Boat |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Dist. to go |
Speed |
Dist. to first |
Time |
1 |
Thiercelin |
Somewhere |
09 06S |
033 32W |
3216 |
13.2 |
0 |
2140 |
2 |
Austissier |
PRB |
08 21S |
033 19W |
3233 |
10.9 |
16.5 |
2140 |
3 |
Hall |
Gartmore |
07 17S |
034 01W |
3303 |
9.3 |
87.2 |
2140 |
4 |
Golding |
Team Group 4 |
07 21S |
034 17W |
3311 |
11.1 |
94.4 |
2140 |
5 |
Soldini |
Fila |
02 57S |
034 07W |
3458 |
9.4 |
251.5 |
2140 |
6 |
Konioukhov |
Mod Univ Human |
11 56N |
046 17W |
4551 |
0.8 |
1334.4 |
2032 |
7 |
Reidl |
Project Amazon |
Retired |
Place |
Skiper |
Boat |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Dist. to go |
Speed |
Dist. to first |
Time |
1 |
Van Liew |
Balance Bar |
01 47S |
035 33W |
3578 |
8.5 |
0 |
2144 |
2 |
Mouligne |
Cray Valley |
00 58S |
035 20W |
3599 |
9.2 |
21.1 |
2144 |
3 |
Garside |
Magellan Alpha |
00 42S |
035 39W |
3624 |
8.6 |
45.5 |
2144 |
4 |
Davie |
South Carolina |
08 21N |
033 46W |
3901 |
5.1 |
322.5 |
2144 |
5 |
Stricker |
Rapscallion III |
10 42N |
033 16W |
3977 |
7.3 |
399.1 |
2144 |
6 |
Petersen |
No Barriers |
09 29N |
037 02W |
4089 |
3 |
510.3 |
2144 |
7 |
Saito |
Shuten-dohji II |
09 31N |
037 13W |
4098 |
2.4 |
519.5 |
2144 |
8 |
Hunter |
Paladin II |
14 57N |
040 48W |
4473 |
6 |
894.5 |
2144 |
9 |
Yazykov |
Wind of Change |
13 28N |
043 51W |
4547 |
6.9 |
968.7 |
2144 |
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