Delta Lloyd, after the initial shock and disappointment set in that broke their boat, it started to become apparent that they would be able to sail to the Malacca Straits and deliver the boat to Singapore. Even though the boat would be sailing in a severely crippled state, this was fantastic news. Everybody took the chance to get some rest after a busy night. Boat-captain Ed O’Conner and bowman Gerd-Jan Poortman worked all night to stabilise the keel-structure.
Ericsson 4 were tacking to the waypoint that is the scoring gate for leg 3. Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael/BRA) led the Volvo Ocean Race fleet through the scoring gate at Palau We Sunday 21 December, followed by Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking/NED) and Ericsson 3 (Anders Lewander/SWE). Although they were disappointed not to be first through the gate, Bekking and his crew were pleased with the second place points, but today, they are not happy at all.
Leg three, at 1950 nautical miles was estimated to take around eight days to complete, but today, day nine, the leaders still have 220 miles to run.
