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Around Alone Report February 25- How tough has this race been ?

While in lead Somewhere dismasted

 

Here is an update on the status of the 15 boats that started Around Alone September 26 in Charleston.  8 boats remain racing, but only 2 from Class I.  7 boats have withdrawn.  Somewhere will head to the Falkland Islands and attempt to replace her mast and continue racing.  If this can't be accompished Somewhere will be the races 8th withdrawal. The reasons for withdrawal have been: capsized, 2 dismastings, fuel tank problems, boom gooseneck failure, navigational error and 1 boat missed the start deadline.

 

  Class 1   Status
Isabelle Autissier France PRB DNF/Capsized Leg 3
Mike Golding UK Team Group 4 DNF/.Grounding Leg 2
Josh Hall UK Gartmore Investment Managers DNF/Dismasted Leg 3
Fedor Konioukhov Russia Modern University for the Humanities DSQ/Withdrew Leg 2
Sebastian Reidl Ecuador Project Amazon Retired Leg 1
Giovanni Soldini Italy Fila Racing
Marc Thiercelin France Somewhere Racing
  Class II    
Robin Davie USA South Carolina DNF/ Leg 2
Michael Garside UK Magellan Alpha Racing
Neil Hunter AUS Paladin II Racing
Jean-Pierre Mouligne FRA Cray Valley Racing
Neal Petersen South Africa www.no-barriers.com Racing
Minoru Saito JAP Shuten Dohji II Racing
George Stricker USA Rapscallion III Retired/ Leg 2
Brad Van Liew USA Balance Bar Racing
Viktor Yazykov Russia Winds of Change Russia Racing

How does this compare to past Around Alones ?  It is clear from the table below that this race has the highest drop out rate of any of the races.  In particular Class I with some the most advanced and expensive boats is down to a single boat left.  Seems as though the learning curve of this race has not yet been mastered.  In addition the statemnet you can't win what you don't finish has never been more clearly demonstrated.

Around Alone Ratio of Starters to Finishers

Year Boats Started Boats Finished Percent
1982 16 10 62.5
1986 25 16 64
1990 25 18 72
1994 18 12 66
1998 15 7 Still racing 46.6