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At Sea. ABN AMRO One looking good for another victory |
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Monday, 17 April 2006 |
Event media amended by BYM News:
ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) and movistar (Bouwe Bekking) are making the final push as they near the finish of the 5,000 mile leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, USA. After a night of thunder and lightning, which was still ongoing at 0800 GMT this morning, movistar lost two miles to ABN AMRO ONE.. On the approach to the Chesapeake Bay entrance, the course was dead downwind, not an optimum course, which required the boats to gybe frequently to get through the entrance. “We have done I don’t know how many gybes in the last eight hours,” wrote Bekking at 0800 GMT this morning. “We have taken the opportunity of every little shift. We picked our lanes through the storm, to keep the best wind.”
ABN AMRO ONE was off the entrance to the Potomac River, at 1000 GMT, which is on the west of the Chesapeake Bay and leads to Washington DC. She was sailing fractionally faster than movistar and had just 66 miles to go before crossing the finish line, which could be as soon as 1600 GMT today, but movistar was only 35 miles behind and the game is still open. One mistake from the Dutch boat and movistar would slip past, but at present, ABN AMRO ONE is fast, very fast. “When you are fast, you always look smart, but still people can make mistakes, but ABN AMRO ONE hasn’t made many.” says Bouwe Bekking.
Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard), looking safe in third place, was 158 miles from the entrance to the Bay, at 1000 GMT, and their predicted arrival time is around 0700 GMT tomorrow, Tuesday, morning with the Ericsson (John Kostecki) and Brasil 1 (Torben Grael) just four hours behind her. Ericsson is predicted to be only 45 minutes in front of Brasil 1 after a terrific battle, which has lasted for the past week. In last place, the youngsters on ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) gave themselves a real fright yesterday evening when they very nearly lost their mast.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 17 April 2006 )
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