"It’s been a great 24 hours for Azzam. A big dilemma between sailing for the predicted right hand shift and going left to get in the Gulf Stream created a big split in the fleet and lots of opportunity. This is exactly what we need as we can get away from the other boats and try to find something tactically. Jules did a nice job as we initially tried to play the current but on finding it wasn’t as forecasted we decided to take the shift instead.
Camper and ourselves went East and made nice gains which we managed to cash in by tacking north and getting the last of the current. Anyway that is all history as we now have to escape round the bottom of the advancing high pressure in order to get into building and lifting winds to the east. This should be an ideal scenario for the lead boats to stretch ahead but right now as we sit wallowing in 4 knots of wind it doesn’t feel that way! A couple of things are certain however. Firstly we have exceeded our intention of containing our losses in the last upwind section we should have in the leg and secondly it feels good to be in the lead and pointing towards Lisbon with less than 2000 miles to go.
There is a lot of racing left including the hole we currently sit in and a huge park up likely before the finish but it is important to enjoy the good times while you can."
Ian Walker
Sat, 26 May 2012, 13:05:57 UTC
Credit : N.Dana/Abu Dhabi/VOR
Camper and ourselves went East and made nice gains which we managed to cash in by tacking north and getting the last of the current. Anyway that is all history as we now have to escape round the bottom of the advancing high pressure in order to get into building and lifting winds to the east. This should be an ideal scenario for the lead boats to stretch ahead but right now as we sit wallowing in 4 knots of wind it doesn’t feel that way! A couple of things are certain however. Firstly we have exceeded our intention of containing our losses in the last upwind section we should have in the leg and secondly it feels good to be in the lead and pointing towards Lisbon with less than 2000 miles to go.
There is a lot of racing left including the hole we currently sit in and a huge park up likely before the finish but it is important to enjoy the good times while you can."
Ian Walker
Sat, 26 May 2012, 13:05:57 UTC
1 Abu Dhabi 0.00
2 Puma 19.60
3 Camper 26.00
4 Groupama 37.80
5 Telefonica 39.80
6 Sanya 83.70
From : Abu Dhabi
2 Puma 19.60
3 Camper 26.00
4 Groupama 37.80
5 Telefonica 39.80
6 Sanya 83.70
From : Abu Dhabi
