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Mar 20
2009

Volvo race day 34

Posted by rochelle in Untagged 

From Scuttlebut 's March 19th daily news: WEATHER WOES COULD SHUFFLE FLEET
think the effect of the complex weather conditions may show some change over the  two days
as the fleet negotiates the patches of high pressure with varying degrees of
success. Quotes Ericsson 3 navigator Aksel Magdahl, “My biggest concern is the
high we will have to negotiate in two or three days’ time. It can easily be a
parking spot.” And, Telefonica Blue finally rounded Cape Horn today, passing the scoring waypoint at the Atlantic-Pacific intersection at 13:39 GMT. Telefonica’s tale of woe on this 12,300-mile marathon is well-documented. The self-inflicted wound of a three-point penalty due to a rudder change, leaving Qingdao 19 hours behind the scheduled starters after hitting a rock, mainsail delamination and a broken forestay were all low blows. -- for excepts: http://www.volvooceanrace.org
Thanks to Scuttlebut for current positions (as of Mar. 19, 10:15 pm GMT):
1. Ericsson 3 (SWE), Magnus Olsson/SWE, 1,498 nm Distance to Finish
2. Ericsson 4 (SWE), Torben Grael/BRA, 58 nm Distance to Leader
3. PUMA (USA), Ken Read/USA, 144 nm DTL
4. Green Dragon (IRL/CHN), Ian Walker/GBR, 241 nm DTL
5. Telefónica Blue (ESP), Bouwe Bekking/NED, 675 nm DTL
Telefonica Black (ESP), Fernando Echavarri/ESP, Did Not Start
Delta Lloyd (IRL), Roberto Bermudez/ESP, DNS
Team Russia (RUS), Andreas Hanakamp/AUT, DNS

Overall scores: http://www.volvooceanrace.org/rdc/#tab4
Race tracking: http://volvooceanrace.geovoile.com

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