A Day Away

Less than 200 miles from Sydney, the leading three teams, still spearheaded by illbruck, are sailing up the New South Wales coast at 12 knots in the 25 knot south-southeasterly breeze.

John Kostecki’s team is still holding a nine mile advantage over Gurra Krantz’s SEB. In third place, News Corp is 40 miles down with less than 24 hours of the leg remaining.

But Jez Fanstone’s team has not given up on the possibility of moving up a position. “illbruck and SEB are in touch and we can get back to them as we have done over the past few days. We’re quick in these conditions and hoping to be able to pull back more miles. The others are a long way back but we still have to watch ourselves,” wrote navigator Ross Field earlier.

The only other realistic place change is between fourth and fifth. Only five miles separate Amer Sports One and djuice with Grant Dalton currently holds the upper hand.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 23, 10.00hrs GMT:

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK36 53.56S150 18.68E19603612.52540+0000004 DEC 01 16
2TSEB37 00.76S150 10.36E20503212.62539+0000004 DEC 01 10
3NEWS37 31.16S150 00.32E23605612.527240+0000304 DEC 01 12
4AONE37 58.20S149 16.00E28005812.626384+0000204 DEC 01 12
5DJCE38 03.44S149 12.52E28505712.726489+0000104 DEC 01 6
6AART38 04.16S148 52.68E29805613.0225102-0000104 DEC 01 7
7ATOO38 58.36S137 54.96E83009909.7229634+0001906 DEC 01 3