The Falklands Sandwich

The Falkland Islands are right between two schools of thought with illbruck leading the westerly pack of Tyco, News Corp and ASSA ABLOY and Amer Sports One leading djuice on the eastern side.

Amer Sports One has gained three miles on illbruck since the last position report, and both she and djuice have been maintaining higher boat speeds of one to two knots more over the period.

According to illbruck, this split decision has been caused by two of the weather models disagreeing. One indicated that she should stay on course, or even slightly high and wait for a front to bring some running conditions and the other showed that they should reach into the back of the old front and avoid the light spot between the two. Time will tell which was the right decision.

Amer Sports Too has under a 100 miles to Cape Horn and should round later today.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 17, 0359 GMT:

PSYachtLatitude LongitudeDTFCMGSMGTFHRDTLDTL-C ETA PO
1ILBK50 14.68S060 26.88W0183004010.62340019 FEB 0229
2AONE51 59.24S057 44.28W0187004511.529440-319 FEB 0225
3TYCO51 14.52S061 14.24W0189603209.724166+519 FEB 0218
4DJCE52 28.56S058 14.84W0190504911.328275-119 FEB 0215
5NEWS51 24.72S061 41.56W0191403509.523384+619 FEB 0220
6AART51 26.60S061 59.08W0192203609.522892+619 FEB 0218
7ATOO56 42.64S070 00.92W0235409512.0260524-421 FEB 027
8TSEB55 31.40S084 28.72W0283308606.61651003+2501 MAR 012