Rhythm of the Race Speed top  out at the front and then decline as you move down the fleet.

Standings table 

Top 3

1.  PRB 3 South 27 West
2.  Kingfisher 4 South 28 West + 103 miles 
3.  Active Wear  12 South 30 West +618 miles
 
Fleet round up section

Day 78 sees sailing hard around the clock for any advantage on their closest competitor.  Leader PRB has gained 9 miles on 2nd place Kingfisher.  The next 24 hours could see them hit the unpredictable Doldrums.  No telling what gains or losses can be made.

Marc Thiercelin sailing Active Wear gained 6 miles on Sill.  Marc Thiercelin attempt to use his east position to advantage as he gets to the Equator.

UBP now leads Sobedo by 38 miles.  For nor Thomas Coville's all out efforts on Sobedo are not paying off in gains.  

Mike Golding has halfed the distnance between his Group 4 and Josh Hall's EBP-Gartmore.  The distance is now 80 miles.  Both are in light winds with Group 4 a knot faster. Seems as though Golding has the momentum in this duel.

Skipper Communications

Thomas Coville Sobedo "All told, in the last 24 hours, I must have slept no more than an hour in 15-minute stints...Since three o’clock this morning, I have been trying to put heading before speed. I’m sailing as close to the wind as I can.
Ellen Macarthur Kingfisher "Today has been a day of varied winds, and again - many sail changes, the temperature has increased further, and sleeping - especially during the day is difficult. It’s hard work pulling out and putting in the reefs."

Mike Golding Group 4 "It’s good news to hear that I’m under the 100 mile barrier behind him [Josh Hall]!"

Marc Thiercelin Active Wear "I’ve been working the boat through the squalls all night to keep the boat going at full potential...My tactics for the Doldrums is to stay as farEast as possible, after that I won’t have such an advantage."

Current Weather Best breezes at the front of the fleet.

Weather Forecast As the top 2 enter the Doldrums they'll see variation in the wind from nothing to everything.

What does it all mean

Around the clock helming and other full on tactics.  Check each day to see who has ground out the most miles on their fellow soloist.