At 10:00 UTC this morning, Ericsson 4 was leading the fleet south, with the gang of four - PUMA, Telefonica Black, Ericsson 3 and Green Dragon on her tail just over ten miles behind. The fleet struggled through the Straits of Gibraltar. It has been as tough as anticipated, with some long, straight and wide passing lanes. Telefonica Blue spent the night in Algeciras, on the western side of the Bay of Gibraltar. The rules require a minimum 12-hour stop, and they didn't need any more time for their shore crew to fix the problem. They re-hoisted the mainsail at about quarter past six (UTC) this morning, and headed out to where they suspended racing, re-starting at 06:53 GMT. But with the rest of the fleet out in the Atlantic with good breeze, Bouwe Bekking is going to see his deficit to the rest of the fleet grow substantially before he gets his machine up to speed.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Volvo Updates
At 10:00 UTC this morning, Ericsson 4 was leading the fleet south, with the gang of four - PUMA, Telefonica Black, Ericsson 3 and Green Dragon on her tail just over ten miles behind. The fleet struggled through the Straits of Gibraltar. It has been as tough as anticipated, with some long, straight and wide passing lanes. Telefonica Blue spent the night in Algeciras, on the western side of the Bay of Gibraltar. The rules require a minimum 12-hour stop, and they didn't need any more time for their shore crew to fix the problem. They re-hoisted the mainsail at about quarter past six (UTC) this morning, and headed out to where they suspended racing, re-starting at 06:53 GMT. But with the rest of the fleet out in the Atlantic with good breeze, Bouwe Bekking is going to see his deficit to the rest of the fleet grow substantially before he gets his machine up to speed.
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