illbruck On The Way To Line Honours

68 miles from the finish line, illbruck is not only leading the Volvo Ocean Race leg 3, but also the Sydney – Hobart fleet for line honours. Next non-V.O.60 rival is 6th placed Nicorette, as per sked six of the CYCA eight miles behind.

Tyco back in second, News Corp, ASSA ABLOY and djuice are within eight miles of each other. The wind increased to 12 knots from the southeast and the yachts are closing in at 9 knots. SEB is 70 miles from the south coast of Australia in the middle of Bass Strait on her way back to Eden. Amer Sports Too sailed into a light spot and slowed down with the wind down to six knots from the north-northeast.

During the last stage of the pit stop finish in Hobart the position report table on www.volvooceanrace.com will be updated hourly.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 3, 1000 GMT:

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK42 56.36S148 18.76E0156821510.52380+0000003 JAN 02 24
2TYCO42 54.80S148 19.32E0157021610.62372-0000203 JAN 02 13
3NEWS42 50.08S148 19.56E0157421210.42336+0000003 JAN 02 18
4AART42 49.76S148 20.04E0157421110.32336-0000103 JAN 02 12
5DJCE42 51.16S148 26.12E0157622011.02408-0000304 JAN 02 11
6AONE42 45.00S148 28.80E0158221411.024414-0001404 JAN 02 14
7ATOO41 31.96S149 21.40E0166821709.0175100+0000405 JAN 02 5
8TSEB38 44.88S149 42.72E0182634809.7058258+0006011 JAN 02 11