Thursday, November 27, 2008

Again in the Doldrums

The breeze went from the south right to the north then to the west and finally back in the southeast, with not a lot of pressure, around 4-5 knots of breeze. The advantage belonged to Ericsson 4, who had made a massive gain thanks to a well-positioned rain shower. She disappeared early in the morning, and when she emerged, she had made a gain of around 45 nautical miles. With Ericsson 4 long gone, Ericsson 3 reports being at almost a standstill. On the outer flanks of the group are the two Telefónica boats 68 nm to the west of PUMA, and Kosatka Team Russia (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) 60 nm east of Green Dragon.

Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael/BRA) DTF 821 nm
Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander/SWE) +48
Green Dragon IRL/CHN (Ian Walker/GBR) +58
PUMA Racing Team USA (Ken Read/USA) +60
Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking/NED) +64
Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto Bermudez/ESP) +75
Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp/AUT) +114
Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri/ESP) +122
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