Amer Sports One On The Edge

Last night Amer Sports One came close to disaster as they lost control of their overpowered yacht when charging towards two large icebergs right in front of them.

When the yacht wiped out, they shredded the storm spinnaker. After rerighting the boat, Roger Nilson navigated them through a gap between the two bergs. This has given Tyco the opportunity to slip into second place.

The yachts are still extremely far from land, beyond any outside help. Cape Horn lies 1450 miles ahead. Paul Cayard reckons, that the iceberg zone could be passed in 24 hours time.

With strong wind coming up from behind the whole fleet gained some miles on the leading yacht illbruck. SEB and ASSA ABLOY are still at 60 south in very cold conditions. News Corp is back in full racing mode and achieved the highest average over the last six hours. Amer Sports Too is sailing in 35 to 40 knots of winds, the rest in the mid twenties.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 11, 0400 GMT

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK59 12.48S112 48.52W0370107315.03990+018 FEB 0229
2TYCO59 21.60S114 43.20W0375608215.940755-1318 FEB 0219
3AONE59 36.92S114 53.28W0375708015.538356-818 FEB 0224
4AART60 13.16S116 47.88W0380509015.5402104-1418 FEB 0220
5DJCE59 48.40S117 21.72W0382809516.2397127-1819 FEB 0214
6TSEB60 42.48S119 59.96W0389109115.7373190-1419 FEB 0214
7NEWS57 06.84S117 57.12W0389207817.3376191-1119 FEB 0218
8ATOO58 16.36S125 23.32W0409108516.5377390-1219 FEB 026