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Team Legato crew could be down to 7 in The Race

by The Race Media 19 Feb 2001 10:16 GMT

Team Legato in Wellington

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Leading The Race now for several weeks Club Med is not easily taken in. OK, she's not able to point very high at the moment and is finding it difficult to put some Easting in. However, the crew are putting the accent on speed and they are not doing too badly, bowling along at 18 knots along the direct route, 300 miles off the coast. Behind, Innovation Explorer is not letting go. Of course, 900 miles behind an adversary in full possession of its faculties, her chances of pulling off The Race are relatively low. But Innovation refuses to give in and having tracked off well to the East, (400 miles this morning), she is determined to show that she is ready to seize any opportunity to latch onto the big blue catamaran. Incidentally, Innovation Explorer has just crossed the route she took on the way down: 38° 08 S ­ 28° 03 W.

The spotlight is on Team Legato this morning; three members of crew could be leaving the boat in Wellington; Armand Coursodon must get some total rest for two weeks to recover from a trapped nerve in his back. Olivier Cousin is suffering from two infected teeth, and finally Rob Salvidge has asked to see the doctor and could disembark for medical and personal reasons. Team Legato has decided to stop and therefore subject herself to a 60 hour penalty. Denis Horeau contacted Tony Bullimore several times this morning by telephone, and Tony had not then taken a determined position as he was waiting for two things; that his life raft, accidentally inflated, be returned reconditioned and that a doctor examines Rob Salvidge. When asked the question "would setting off again with only 7 people pose a safety problem?" Tony replied that Sir Peter Blake took the Jules Verne Trophy with this same boat with, as it happens, just 7 people. So there you have it, the news has just come in: pit-stop for Team Legato.

Team Adventure left this morning at 0355 GMT, after having carried out some good repairs and a complete check-up of the boat. With a crew of 9, after the disembarking of Yann Eliès, manoeuvres are going to be difficult on board the giant catamaran and Cam Lewis wanted to set off again with a boat perfectly ready to face the South. Larry Rosenfeld indicated that they had just crossed paths with Team Legato, which was entering the port of Wellington as they were leaving.

All seems to be well aboard Warta-Polpharma, which passed Chatham Island last night. In third place in The Race, the Poles are driving Bruno Peyron's old catamaran like champions. A great story which is being lived in Poland as a glorious saga.

Latest Positions: 

Pos Boat                Lat        Long        DTF     24hr. Av.Sp From Lead
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 1  Club Med            15 42.80'S  33 14.12'W  4196.2 418.3  17.4       0.0
 2  Innovation Explorer 33 48.04'S  25 19.12'W  5126.5 349.0  14.5     930.3
 3  Warta Polpharma     44 04.88'S 172 10.96'W 10806.7 397.1  16.5    6610.6
 4  TeamAdventure       42 32.32'S 174 48.48'E 11259.4  75.3   3.1    7063.2
 5  Team Legato         41 17.04'S 174 46.76'E 11317.2  60.2   2.5    7121.0

Météo-Consult's weather forecast:

For Club Med : wind from the E force 4 to 5 decreasing progressively force 3 to 4.
For Innovation Explorer : wind from the NW force 4 to 5 decreasing rapidly force 2 to 3 becoming more variable.
For Warta-Polpharma : wind from the SW force 6 locally 7 decreasing force 5 from the W.
For Team Adventure and Team Legato : wind from the SE force 2 to 3 becoming temporarily N in the middle of the period force 5 then decreasing 3 to 4 at the end of the period.

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