Saturday 21 February has been a difficult night aboard the Green Dragon, but Ian Walker and his men feel they may soon start to reap the benefits of their easterly positioning. Gaps are apparent at the front and the rear of the field as boats find themselves in different weather patterns on the approach to The Doldrums. Meanwhile, Green Dragon's Damian Foxall ishonoured by his countrymen. The front-runners, Ericsson 4 and PUMA, are midway between the Islands of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands situated in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International dateline and still north of the equator. With 2,500 miles of this 12,300 marathon covered, Ericsson 4 has stretched its advantage over PUMA to 50 miles, a loss for PUMA of over 40 miles in the last 24 hours. Ericsson 3 has also lost ground and now has a deficit of 101 miles.
