Illbruck Leads

Life on board the eight Volvo Ocean 60s continues to be wet and uncomfortable for the crews this morning (local time) after a night of sailing to windward in a dash (straight line boat speed) race to Cape Finisterre on the North West tip of Spain.

The entire fleet has now been lined up on the same heading and tack for nearly 12 hours, creating an eight-lane highway in the Bay of Biscay.

As the crew on Amer Sports One described earlier, “Today has been the opposite to yesterday’s conditions with lumpy seas, 25 to 30 knots of breeze on the nose and a lot of water over the deck while down below feels a little like a bucking bronco machine gone wrong. We started the day with a code 0 (zero) and full main and after a few sail changes during the day are now down to a number 4 (headsail) and one reef (in the mainsail)”.

Within two to three hours, one of the leading trio, illbruck (ahead by 1 nautical mile), Tyco and Amer Sports One, will have to take the tactical initiative to either tack back into the Atlantic or hug the Spanish and then Portuguese coasts.

Position Report 26 SEP 01 04.00 GMT:

PSYachtLatitudeLongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-CETAPO
1ILBK44 19.32N008 07.56W0683817308.92170000000.022-Oct-018
2TYCO44 23.20N008 12.24W0683917409.92180000100.222-Oct-017
3AONE44 24.16N008 02.20W0684417908.62210000600.022-Oct-016
4AART44 31.88N008 08.32W0684817710.32230001000.322-Oct-015
5NEWS44 57.32N008 42.24W0685817605.92180002000.222-Oct-014
6TSEB44 49.12N008 13.56W0686118205.82120002300.022-Oct-013
7ATOO44 58.60N008 08.00W0687118508.921400033-00.222-Oct-012
8DJCE45 01.52N008 11.48W0687217109.720700034-00.222-Oct-011

PS – Position; DTF – Distance to Finish; CMG – Course made good; SMG – Speed made good; TFHR – 24 hours run; DTL – Distance to leader; DTL-C – Distance to leader change; ETA –Estimated time of arrival; PO – Points

ILBKillbruck Challenge
AONE Amer Sports One
ATOOAmer Sports Two
AARTASSA ABLOY Racing Team
NEWSNews Corporation
TYCOTeam Tyco
TSEBTeam SEB
DJCEdjuce dragons