The Race Team Legato rounding Cape Horn today!

by Barry Pickthall on 12 Mar 2001 07:00 GMT TEAM LEGATO WARTA POLPHARMA
Position: 56 24'S 68 47'W 26 44'S; 37 29'W
Speed at time of satellite poll: 8.2 knots 5.0 knots
Average speed for last hour: 15.1 knots 7.7 knots
Course: 38 Degrees 73 Degrees
Distance covered over 24 hours: 390.5 miles 194 miles
Distance between the two: +2,242 miles
TL Target 24 hour distance: 320 miles.
Mileage in the bank since 4th March: +187 miles

TEAM LEGATO - Rounding Cape Horn today!!!!

Now within 50 miles of Cape Horn, Tony Bullimore and his TEAM LEGATO crew
expect to make their rounding at lunchtime after speeding up over the past
24 hours, increasing their average to 16.3 knots.

With a run of 390 miles, they were again the fastest within the fleet,
taking out a further 196 miles out of their Polish rivals on Warta
Polpharma and 4 miles out of Team Adventure.
They are also 187 miles ahead of their target to complete the RACE within
the 30 day deadline set by the winner Club Med.


Leading positions at 07:00 GMT today
1. Club Med Finished Marseilles 19:56GMT 4.03.01
2. Innovation Explorer Finished Marseilles 11:32GMT 6.03.01
3. Team Adventure +3,869 miles - Cape Horn 28.02.01
4. Warta Polpharma +1,027 miles - Cape Horn 02.03.01
5. Team Legato 3,269 miles - Left Wellington 21. 02. 01
6. PlayStation - RETIRED 14.01.01


For further details, pictures and audio feed from TEAM LEGATO, contact Barry
Pickthall at the Team Legato Race office
Mobile Phone: +44 (0) 7768 395719
Office +44 (0) 1243 555561 Fax: +44 (0)1243 555562
E.mail: ppl@mistral.co.uk Web site: www.teamlegato.com