Heading for the New World
Fleet leaders are now positioned 950 nautical miles east of Miami. As they pass the Bahama Islands they are 650 miles off the east coast of S. Salvador Island, which was the landfall of Columbus in 1492. But our fleet have their eyes are set on their own particular landfall, Baltimore US of A.
The gap between the tow lead yachts ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) and second placed Movistar (Bouwe Bekking) and the rest of the Volvo fleet has widened as the night has gone on. Pirates of the Caribbean (Paul Cayard) reported slow progress in a rainstorm a few hours earlier, but seems to be covering the pace now.
At 0100 gmt ABN AMRO ONE started on a very much more northerly course, Movistar and Pirates of the Caribbean are still steering north westerly.
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