| Velux 5 Oceans: Stamm Cheminee Poujoulat extends lead over Golding's Ecover |
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| Monday, 23 October 2006 | |
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Event news: In the fight for first place overnight Bernard Stamm, skipper of Cheminee Poujoulat has extended his lead over Mike Golding's Ecover and Alex Thomson on Hugo Boss. The Swiss skipper is now just over 10 miles ahead of Golding and 21.5 miles ahead of Thomson, the boat fetching their way west along the north coast of Spain, the wind now in the southwest. At the 0500GMT position update Stamm still had 139.5 miles to go to reach Cape Finisterre before he can round the corner. The wind, currently around 20 knots and gusty, is expected to build to 30 knots over the course of this morning. Positions at 0500GMT Pos, Boat, Lat, Long, COG, SOG, DTF (DTL), Distance to Cape Finisterre 1 Poujoulat - 43 52.7N 06 23.5W 258deg 12.9 11227 139.5 2 Ecover - 43 56.1N 06 09.7W 271deg 13.2 +10.4 149.9 3 Boss - 43.44.6N 05 47.4W 337deg 10.8 +21.5 161 4 Spirit of Yukoh 43 52.4N 05 40.5W 321deg 7.2 +28.7 168.2 5 BBK 43 42.1N 05 31.4W 317deg 8.1 +31.9 171.3 6 Saga 43 51.1N 05 17.5W 277deg 6.2 +44.1 183.6 www.velux5oceans.com Velux 5 Oceans album |
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