© Photo Richard Konkolski
© Photo Richard Konkolski
Unpredicted Southern Ocean weather supplied the racing fleet with snow, hail, gales, calms, confused seas, headwinds and tailwinds. Despite all of that, the overall leader Marc Thiercelin was approaching Drake Channel, a relatively narrow ocean strip separating Cape Horn and the Antarctica. He dived south to almost 59-degree south, giving wide berth to Cape Horn.
Giovanni's Fila © Photo Marek Slodownik
The second-placed Giovanni Soldini was 452 miles back astern of the leader and continuing to hold an easterly heading just about in 55th parallel.
In the Class II, about 260 miles separated the first three boats. The leader, J.P. Mouligne, was unable to send a dispatch because he was between satellite coverage areas. But he was well as was the rest of the fleet.
© Photo Richard Konkolski
Place |
Skipper |
Boat |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Dist. to go |
Speed |
Dist. to first |
Time |
1 |
Thiercelin |
Somewhere |
58 38S |
086 50W |
1782 |
13.2 |
0 |
2140 |
2 |
Soldini |
Fila |
54 45S |
100 00W |
2233 |
13.6 |
451.7 |
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 12S |
112 28W |
2655 |
14.6 |
0 |
2144 |
2 |
Garside |
Magellan Alpha |
53 57S |
118 19W |
2851 |
10 |
195.8 |
2144 |
3 |
Van Liew |
Balance Bar |
53 04S |
119 42W |
2918 |
10.5 |
262.7 |
2144 |
4 |
Yazykov |
Wind of Change |
50 00S |
123 34W |
3133 |
9 |
478.1 |
2144 |
5 |
Saito |
Shuten-dohji II |
50 01S |
152 07W |
4978 |
8 |
1423 |
2144 |
6 |
Petersen |
No Bariers |
46 48S |
155 49W |
4302 |
4.7 |
1647.5 |
2144 |
7 |
Hunter |
Paladin II |
46 40S |
159 31W |
4433 |
6.3 |
1778.5 |
2144 |
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