Medical Supplies For Kilpatrick

At 1444 GMT Grant Dalton confirmed by email that they have picked up the medical supplies that were dropped for the aid of ill Keith Kilpatrick, who is suffering from a stomach illness onboard Amer Sports One.

“Thank you for a very well performed coordination of this mission. The Orion [plane] arrived smack on time at 1300 GMT and dropped, all in all, seven packages. Sea conditions were good with 13 knots of wind from the west. All packages were successfully retrieved. We used the mainsail and the engine for the pickups. The operation was finished at 1332 GMT and Orion returned home. Looks like we have all we need for Keith [Kilpatrick].” said Dalton. Amer Sports One continues to race to the Australian coast to get Kilpatrick to hospital as soon as possible.

In the meantime the fierce battle for the lead in Leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race continues. 24 hours ago there were two different views on short-term tactics among the navigators. Marcel van Triest of leading yacht SEB opted for a northerly approach, splitting from the main pack even though they were ahead by 16 miles over illbruck. ASSA ABLOY, illbruck, djuice and News Corp went to the east instead. Now the yachts converge towards a point on 100 E and are all within 16 miles. Looks like a restart of leg 2 for them.

Amer Sports Too is in stronger conditions still and they make up lost distance, averaging five knots higher speed than leading SEB.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 12, 1600 GMT:

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1TSEB45 55.96S099 38.60E0286108711.52600+002 DEC 0111
2ILBK46 11.24S099 48.08E0286403713.02703-1302 DEC 0115
3AART46 03.68S099 34.32E0286803712.62787-902 DEC 0110
4DJCE46 12.68S099 36.44E0287104512.528410-1602 DEC 017
5NEWS46 12.44S099 25.64E0287706311.328216-902 DEC 0110
6AONE44 32.92S093 58.80E0304306011.0289182-303 DEC 0110
7ATOO48 08.04S086 18.96E0341108415.3326550-3204 DEC 013
8TYCO33 58.00S025 38.12E