Dalton Holds On

After losing nine miles of his lead over 12 hours yesterday to the illbruck team, Grant Dalton on Amer Sports One has held onto his 31 mile advantage over the last six hours as the leaders in the Volvo Ocean Race speed east, 1500 miles from South Africa.

Meanwhile, Team SEB, djuice and Amer Sports Too, fighting for sixth position at the rear of the fleet, have sailed into a hole and are now over 600 miles adrift of the leaders.

“As hard as it is, we have to accept that we are in the second group and have to fight hard for our position. There is still 2,000 miles of racing with as many opportunities as there are traps,” noted Gunnar Krantz from SEB yesterday evening.

These three are now expected into Cape Town two days after the leaders.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 28, 04.00hrs GMT:

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLROC ETA PO
1AONE31 58.32S011 18.52W149811213.4323000.025 OCT 01 8
2ILBK31 43.12S011 51.76W152911013.13303100.026 OCT 017
3NEWS31 22.76S013 01.40W159212214.53179400.826 OCT 01 6
4TYCO28 41.52S015 20.92W175309607.5246255-06.026 OCT 01 5
5AART27 11.16S015 36.00W179712913.2283299-00.327 OCT 01 4
6TSEB25 17.84S021 13.08W212012804.6209622-08.728 OCT 013
7DJCE25 18.00S021 14.88W212114204.6208623-08.928 OCT 01 2
8ATOO25 08.08S021 23.80W213208904.6204634-08.928 OCT 011