Halfway Through The South Pacific

The pace for the Volvo Ocean Race has slightly eased off, giving the crews slightly improved living conditions onboard their yachts.

While illbruck is still reaching in 30 knots of southwesterly breeze the yachts behind get the wind more and more from the west and lighter. It is likely that the 40-mile gap that separates illbruck from Tyco, Amer Sports One and News Corp will widen.

Even though being struck by gear failure, the mainsail clew ring broke, and heavy snowfall, djuice manages to keep control over the fight for fifth place against ASSA ABLOY and SEB. SEB is less than forty miles from 60-degree south. Amer Sports Too was the first yacht to get into lighter westerlies and has to gybe downwind to keep the northerly position.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 9, 0348 GMT

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK57 39.20S137 55.96W0446909516.54040+019 FEB 0229
2TYCO58 25.44S140 06.56W0450710514.738138+519 FEB 0219
3AONE57 57.60S139 37.72W0450811015.338139+119 FEB 0224
4NEWS58 51.44S140 48.20W0451411014.936845+319 FEB 0221
5DJCE59 02.64S142 38.76W0455811315.034789+219 FEB 0214
6AART58 40.88S142 18.56W0456011215.035191+119 FEB 0218
7TSEB59 20.92S143 58.12W0458511413.2337116+1219 FEB 0213
8ATOO56 20.20S147 47.40W0478407014.2295315+4220 FEB 026