Forging Ahead in Westerlies
As the wind builds and changes to a more westerly direction the leading yachts get the bit between their teeth and forge ahead. Boat speeds have been steadily building during the last six hours.
The fore runners have approximately 1800 nautical miles to the Lizard Point and just over 2000 to the leg finish in Portsmouth.
The Volvo fleet are approximately 170 nautical miles west of the position that the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on that fateful day of 15th April 1912, with the loss of 1,503 passengers and crew. The Titanic was travelling in the opposite direction from our fleet though, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Luckily our ABN AMRO ONE (Mike Sanderson) has only reported hitting a whale.
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