East of the Antipodes Islands

The Volvo Ocean Race fleet is now some 80 nautical miles to the east of the Antipodes Islands at 49 degrees south, still all heading in a southerly direction.

At last the weather reports are predicting fresh to strong wind, nearing gale force at times and backing into the southwest. The V.O.60s have been eagerly awaiting this for a few days now, in anticipation of their fast sleigh ride towards Cape Horn.

The boats are maintaining an east west spread of around 30 miles with Amer Sports Too furthest to the west, along with djuice, and News Corp furthest to the east.

Keryn Henderson wrote earlier from Amer Sports Too, “There is a real ‘calm before the storm’ feeling.. The Southern Ocean is about to come and bite us hard”.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 5, 0358 GMT

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1TSEB49 33.04S178 27.00W0585517411.02530019 FEB 0219
2NEWS49 28.76S178 21.56W0585617110.82511-219 FEB 0223
3AART49 30.64S178 31.20W0585817510.72483+119 FEB 0221
4AONE49 29.84S178 42.28W0586317710.72468+319 FEB 0223
5ILBK49 30.12S178 48.48W0586517710.724810+219 FEB 0225
6TYCO49 30.56S178 52.52W0586717710.024812+619 FEB 0215
7DJCE49 31.40S179 04.92W0587118110.624916+519 FEB 0212
8ATOO49 07.00S179 13.32W0589417711.524839-119 FEB 026