[Zeilen] Volvo Ocean Race (#15) Leg 7 to Portsmouth

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5/11/2006 9:18:56 PM GMT Stay tuned here for the every six-hourly mini position reports on the progress of ABN AMRO ONE and TWO in Leg 7.

5/11/2006 8:26:36 PM GMT ABN AMRO ONE is now in second. The order now is: Pirates, ABN AMRO ONE, Brunel, ABN AMRO TWO, Brasil 1 and Ericsson.

5/11/2006 7:22:24 PM GMT Matt Humphries has replaced Grant Wharington as skipper on Brunel. movistar will begin Leg 7 in about a half our after taking a two hour penalty for repairing their boat.

5/11/2006 7:14:59 PM GMT ABN AMRO TWO is sailing about a mile behind the fleet after a sluggish start. Stay tuned here for the very latest photos, weather updates and logs from the boats.

5/11/2006 7:14:04 PM GMT The boats are past Coney Island towards Ambrose Light. The boats are going to take an estimated nine to ten days to get to Portsmouth.

5/11/2006 7:11:27 PM GMT ABN AMRO ONE is making her move as she advances up the fleet. They have advanced past the Narrows. The wind has finally picked up to about 15 knots.

5/11/2006 6:45:15 PM GMT Pirates is now past the bridge, with the fleet hot on their heels. ABN AMRO TWO is still in last place.

5/11/2006 6:42:13 PM GMT ABN AMRO ONE is now only 300 metres behind Brunel and closing fast.

5/11/2006 6:34:00 PM GMT Pirates in first, followed by Brunel. Ericsson and Brasil 1 are battling it out for second. ABN AMRO ONE lost more than two minutes at the start, but is less than a minute behind Brasil 1 and closing fast. They are followed by ABN AMRO TWO.

5/11/2006 6:12:43 PM GMT Pirates Brunel and Ericsson at the start. Both ABN boats are almost stopped in the water with light winds.

5/11/2006 6:12:23 PM GMT The 15-20 knots expected this evening will build to a gale from Nantucket to Nova Scotia Friday afternoon through the day Saturday and seas may reach 15-18 feet. The boats will get this all directly on the nose.

5/11/2006 6:12:08 PM GMT This start expected to be harder than the upwind beat from Chesapeake Bay to NYC because the easterly winds have been established for the past 5-7 days, so the seas will be quite large.

5/11/2006 5:49:14 PM GMT By the start the boats are facing almost no wind, around five knots, coming from the east and west. There will be 15-20 knots of wind expected tonight, and by tomorrow night there should be around 35 knots.

5/11/2006 5:44:16 PM GMT There are only 15 minutes left until the start of Leg 7.

5/11/2006 4:04:06 PM GMT Movistar is starting two hours later because they chose to effect repairs to their boat in port.

5/11/2006 4:03:35 PM GMT There are an expected 25 knots of wind expected at the start. The boats will have a trial by fire the first three days, with up to 15 foot or over two metre high waves in upwind conditions.

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As the clock ticked on, the ebbing tide on the Hudson river had built another couple of knots to boost them on their way. The big spectator launches were already decanting their guests ashore as movistar -with their winch problems and leaking hydraulic keel ram repaired - they finally crossed the start line, but they had a better, more settled breeze to sent them on their way, and tracked quickly out past the Statue of Liberty.
With the extra wind and current movistar’s speed over the ground was over 16 knots as they headed out to the Bridge, a good couple of knots more than the rest of the fleet which had left earlier.
With a confident wave and a big smile skipper Bouwe Bekking, on the wheel, waved goodbye to movistar's own private spectator fleet and headed for Ambrose Light.
Positions at 1900GMT were: Pirates leading from ABN AMRO ONE, then Brunel, ABN AMRO TWO, Brasil 1 and Ericsson. movistar are 23 miles behind, but less than two miles covers the rest of the boats.

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 00:53 schreef the_disheaver het volgende:
Ik was er ook niet.

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Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 14:34 schreef Landrot het volgende:
PS. Bijgaande vragen over de ABN 2 stonden nog open:

Hoe kan het dat twee zeilen gescheurd zijn? Is dat overmacht? Foutje van de bemannning? Of zijn de zeilen niet bestand tegen 40 knopen wind?

Zijn de zeilen na reparatie even sterk als daarvoor?

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Op donderdag 11 mei 2006 14:20 schreef hermandeperman het volgende:
AAB1 en NEE! gestemd

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 02:21 schreef rubbereend het volgende:
owja, wat moet de TT worden?

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 13:32 schreef ..-._---_-.- het volgende:

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Alles zit op een kluitje, alleen Movi volgt een iets andere lijn.

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 02:54 schreef azaroth het volgende:

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[Zeilen] Volvo Ocean Race (#15) Leg 7 to Portsmouth

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 14:14 schreef the_disheaver het volgende:

Die 2h penalty van Movi zal weinig problemen brengen. Het is makkelijker om 2 uur achterstand in te halen dan om 2 uur uit te lopen aan kop.

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 22:24 schreef the_disheaver het volgende:
Brunel de snelste samen met AAB1

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Op vrijdag 12 mei 2006 23:16 schreef WEST het volgende:
zie ik dat goed (heb wat gezopen) staat de brunel daar op P2

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Op zaterdag 13 mei 2006 01:28 schreef Sandworm het volgende:
Bij deze wil ik me graag afmelden voor de komende 10 dagen. Blijf alsjeblieft posten, heb ik wat te lezen als ik terug ben

Go Brunel, go!

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Op zaterdag 13 mei 2006 01:47 schreef Sandworm het volgende:
ff er tussen uit. Mexico en als compromis niet met de boot maar met vliegtuig. Kan ik straks wel drie weken met de boot weg
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