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 ©Volvo Ocean Race 2005 - 2006 “We are hanging in there, despite how absurd this leg have gotten,” said a cheesed off Paul Cayard from Pirates of the Caribbean. “We have been parked up at least once every 12 hours in the last two days.” The wind is still light and the leaders are nearly out of reach, romping away at 11 knots, while the three at the back – Pirates of the Caribbean, ABN AMRO TWO (Sebastien Josse) and Brunel (Matt Humphries) are struggling to get more than four knots from their racing machines. Although the in-port race in Rotterdam has been rescheduled for Sunday morning, 1100 local time, the fleet may still not finish until Saturday. This means that food and diesel are running seriously short and both are being rationed. Onboard The Black Pearl, the Pirates only have four meals left and just over 400 miles to sail to the finish in Rotterdam. They have rationed the food to one meal for every hundred miles. At their current speed, they don’t eat often. They are also low on diesel needed to run the generator and to make electricity, so they have to conserve on things that consume power such as the computer screens, keel canting etc. At 1600 GMT today, ABN AMRO ONE had stolen the lead from Ericsson by just a mile and Brasil 1 was a mile astern of Ericsson. The leading three are sailing at twice the speeds of the trailing pack which will add to their mounting frustration. Related Items: |
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