ScottiE 174 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 the caravan now past telefonica but still about 12nm behind the french. Puma are now on the march as well. Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 telefonica still going backwards to the fleet very quickly - still no comment on the site. AB sneaking up below but sailing into a rapidly dying breeze Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Its a little late....But heres the usual updates from me In an adrenaline-filled afternoon in the North Atlantic Telefónica (Iker Martínez/ESP) overcame damage to their starboard rudder and regained first place, while CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand (Chris Nicholson/AUS) overhauled PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG (Ken Read/USA), snatched third place and logged a distance of 565.82 nm in the previous 24 hours. The top four protagonists are all within 20 minutes of each other and not giving an inch. It doesn’t seem possible that the final 350 nautical miles to the finish line in Lorient can be any more action-packed, however this afternoon as the wind increased, Telefónica were forced to back off in spite of previously notching up a 24-hour run of 564 nm, in order to replace their starboard rudder. With the wind rising to 40 knots and huge seas, the crew of Telefónica replaced their broken rudder with a spare carried as part of the mandatory inventory. Although their speed was temporarily reduced by 90 per cent, they were quickly back in the running and at 1900 GMT this evening they were back in their customary first place. Telefónica navigator Andrew Cape described the current situation as ‘hairy’, with gale force winds predicted to continue until at least midnight. “It’s on the edge,” he said, adding that the team will be sailing with high boat speed until late evening when they gybe on to port tack for the approach to the Lorient finish. Franck Cammas and his crew on board Groupama are still struggling with the mainsail headboard car, which jammed at the top of the mast yesterday. Bowman Brad Marsh managed to install another car so that the crew could shorten sail to two reefs. “We will see how things go on Friday morning when we try to shake a reef because right now, the profile of the mainsail doesn’t look great,” said skipper Franck Cammas. Meanwhile, a serious arm wrestle is in progress as CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand race side by side with their three closest competitors. The team’s earlier run of 565.82 nm may yet be good enough to claim the IWC Schaffhausen 24-hour Speed Record Challenge, and the thought of winning the prized IWC Schaffhausen timepiece is keeping every sailor on board fully motivated. Tonight, the team were deliberating when to gybe and which sail to use to survive the night and maintain their podium position. The crew of PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG in fourth place had hoped to gybe during daylight hours, but at 1900 GMT the fleet was still powering downwind at breakneck speeds on starboard tack into fading light. “The worst is still to come. We just have to try to keep it all together,” said PUMA navigator Tom Addis said. “If you’re too conservative, your chances of winning are pretty slim because you’ve got very little time to make up the extra distance. We will see how we go,” he added. At 1900 GMT, the first four boats were separated by 9.9 nm, so close that the margin for error was zero. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing (Ian Walker/GBR) were still very much in touch, 18.4 nm astern of the front-runners, while Sanya (Mike Sanderson/NZL) were 69.2 nm adrift. The first boat is expected to finish in Lorient on Friday at around 1000 GMT. check out the submarine at the end of the video Link to post Share on other sites
floatsome 0 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Telefonica slowed to 10 knots? More issues?? Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Telefonica slowed to 10 knots? More issues?? same issue that they have been having for the last 2 hours and we dont know what it is yet. Link to post Share on other sites
benny14 6 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Camper cracking 30 kts... YEEEHAAA.... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Puma's down to 10 knots now as well... Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Someone might correct my maths here but if the results are CAMP 1st, Group 2nd, Puma 3rd and Tele 4th we end up with Group on 214 points and CAMP, Puma and Tele all tied on 196 points. Looks like Tele might struggle based on current speed tho. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Can't see Camper getting past the French the way G'ama has been going. Have closed the lateral separation but not dropped the speed. I'd pick G'ama, Camper, Puma, AD, Tele. Only questions are whether Tele is fixable, whether Sanya can get them too, and if AD can roll Puma. Still about 17nm short but have been on the burst further south Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Camper needs the leg to be about 10 miles longer based on the current average speeds. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 ..maybe..it's not over till the fatso sings tho. They are still hammering those boats along and something can break...... Link to post Share on other sites
floatsome 0 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 bloody shame we didnt get this in the southern ocean instead we got broken boats, which of course could still happen here in the next few hours as Tf has shown. Good stuff all the same. Link to post Share on other sites
chic014 0 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Word on the street is that Tele have broken both rudders. Link to post Share on other sites
Mothership 6 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Yup. Heard that a little while back too. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Word on the street is that Tele have broken both rudders. Surely that can't be TOO much of a problem? Just pull out the emergency rudder, lash it to a broom handle and hang it over the stern... how much pressure could there possibly be on such a rig? They're only gonna be doing 20 odd knots. Suck it up guys. You're strong. Aren't you? Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 downwind as well - there will hardly be any pressure on the rudder in any case! Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Volvo-Ocea ... gone/98487 0240UTC: Reports on Team Telefonica's Spanish website say that the former Volvo Ocean Race overall leader has broken both rudders and their skipper has conceded that they now have no chance of winning the race overall. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Sailing on one rudder that is damaged so nursing it. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 that sucks for them Link to post Share on other sites
ScottiE 174 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 meanwhile the french are just sailing away from the caravan - almost 23nm now. Puma are gonna push the van to the end. Link to post Share on other sites
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