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20 February 2003

Jules Verne Challenge Update: Day 19

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Ellen and Crew in Kingfisher 2

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Day 19 from start
Monday, 17 February 2003

SUMMARY: 0700 GMT 17.2.03 (position taken at 07:12)
Position: 38 38'S 07 06'E
Ahead/Behind the record: 9 hours 39 minutes behind Orange (using WP5)
Ahead/Behind Geronimo: 64 hours 51 minutes behind Geronimo (using WP6)
DAY 18 24 hour run (point to point): Kingfisher2 547 nm, Orange 530 nm, Geronimo 366 nm
End DAY 18 distance to go (on theoretical course): KF2 18089 nm, Orange 17934 nm, Geronimo 17051 nm

Boat speed: 19 knots
Heading: 079
Distance to WP5 42 00'S / 18 28'E 490nm south of Cape of Good Hope: 558 nm (theorectical shortest distance)

IN BRIEF:
LOW PRESSURE, HIGH STRESS as KINGFISHER2 prepares to be hammered by a big depression bearing down on them...position well, gain miles, save the boat - position badly, and you are forced to slow the boat to save her from damage...

GO EAST TEAM KINGFISHER! Ellen and the team cross the Greenwich meridian yesterday evening - and are now counting up the degrees east of longitude as they head towards the south-east tip of Australia and New Zealand, thousands of miles away, where in between they will cross back into the west and will have completed half the journey...

ANOTHER 500+ MILE DAY - THAT'S 4 IN A ROW! The north to 38 south has meant KINGFISHER2 has dropped further behind Orange's time but gained on de Kersauson by over 8 hours. With 558 miles to go to the Cape of Good Hope - its looking impossible for KINGFISHER2 to cross longitude of 18 28'E by 01:28 GMT tomorrow morning to better Orange's time from Ushant...

GERONIMO HOPING FOR WAY OUT today after difficult few days gybing downwind, pinned by ice in the south, and light winds in the north...

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