illbruck Pulls Ahead

The fleet is splitting up more and more. illbruck is still holding the lead with incredible pace, hunted by Amer Sports One, News Corp and Tyco, all roughly 30 miles behind, doing the same speed or slightly faster.

Amer Sports One is on the same latitude now having managed to get down without bigger losses after being the first one who went east further north some days ago.

Djuice, ASSA ABLOY and SEB are all falling back, lacking one to two knots of boat speed, without a noticeable difference in wind conditions.

Amer Sports Too’s skipper Lisa McDonald reported a bad cold with symptoms of flu. Still she is doing her watch and pushing the boat. It must be a bad day for Lisa, because four years ago she was in the same waters, when damage in the rig of EF Education, eventually caused the mast to come down a week later.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 8, 0956 GMT

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK57 29.44S147 08.36W0472809017.84470+019 FEB 0229
2AONE57 31.28S148 13.48W0475609717.139728-219 FEB 0225
3NEWS58 06.92S149 08.20W0476009516.940332+019 FEB 0222
4TYCO57 40.44S148 35.16W0476109518.042533-419 FEB 0217
5DJCE57 49.56S150 17.20W0480009316.337872+619 FEB 0214
6AART57 22.76S150 01.00W0480909216.139381+819 FEB 0218
7TSEB58 17.68S151 27.80W0481508716.637187+1019 FEB 0213
8ATOO55 50.40S153 56.20W0496808914.4375240+2220 FEB 026