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Cochin,
India - Leg 2 Arrivals. |
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| Ericsson 4 Does It Again: 2 Wins Out Of 2 - 01:58 GMT Sunday, November 30th, 2008. |
| Telefónica Blue Takes Second Podium Position - 15:34 GMT Sunday, November 30, 2008. |
| Podium Finish For Ericsson 3 - 10:33 GMT Monday, December 1, 2008. |
| Telefónica Black Takes Fourth Place - 15:01 GMT Monday, December 1, 2008. |
| Close
Finish For Puma, Delta Lloyd And Green Dragon - 16:44
GMT Mon, Dec 1, 2008. |
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Leg 2 Weekly Summaries. |
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| Cochin or bust - Leg 2 Week 1 summary - 15:20 GMT Friday, November 21, 2008. |
| From boots to shorts - Leg 2 Week 2 summary - 15:23 GMT Friday, November 28th, 2008. |
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Team Russia
completes the fleet in Cochin
16:26 GMT Wednesday, December 3, 2008. |
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Andreas Hanakamp
and his men onboard Kosatka Team Russia finally made it to
the finish of leg two of the Volvo Ocean Race in Cochin when
they crossed the line at 1323 GMT (18:53 local time), after
being at sea for 18 days, 2 hours 3 minutes and 30 seconds
(elapsed time 18:02:03:30).
They were treated to a raucous welcome onshore as their
arrival happened to coincide with the inauguration of the
race village in Cochin. Thousands turned out to cheer the
eighth place finisher. |
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Team Russia, skippered by Andreas
Hanakamp from Austria, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo
Ocean Race, from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin
India. The boat crossed the finish line 13:23:30
GMT.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Team Russia
skipper Andreas Hanakamp / AUT was in good spirits as the
boat pulled alongside the pontoon and philosophical about
their leg.
"It’s been up and down. It was our conditions in the
Southern Ocean and we felt really comfortable there, we had a
lot of fun and kept pushing hard. The first transition zone I
don’t think we got it perfect and then we had this meeting
where we decided to go to the east, which made a lot of sense
at the time, so we sacrificed 100 miles there in the hope we’d
gain a couple of hundred miles, but... well, you know what happened.
We risked, we went for it, and it didn’t work - that’s
sailing." |
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Team Russia, skippered by Andreas
Hanakamp from Austria, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo
Ocean Race, from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin
India. The boat crossed the finish line 13:23:30
GMT.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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The team principal
and bowman, Oleg Zherebtsov, had his first taste of the Volvo
Ocean Race on this leg to Cochin and was in very good form
as he stepped off the boat.
"I’m happy, happy, happy! It’s a very extreme
feeling," he said. "I can’t really describe it,
we’ve been in such different conditions from the Southern
Ocean with the cold and wind to the hot, +30 degrees and the
Doldrums, no wind, and before tha wind up to 40 knots and the
Chinese gybe and then catching the fishing net. It’s such
a powerful experience and after three weeks on the water to see
all these people, it’s really amazing." |
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Team Russia, skippered by Andreas
Hanakamp from Austria, finishes leg 2 of the Volvo
Ocean Race, from Cape Town, South Africa to Cochin
India. The boat crossed the finish line 13:23:30
GMT.
Photo © Dave Kneale / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Team Russia
was slow out of Cape Town, but was soon back in the thick
of things. Then the team suffered their first real heavy-air
broach on day four of the 19-day leg, but luckily did no
damage to the boat. Hanakamp said yesterday that the boat
is in remarkably good order thanks to the solid construction
by Green Marine in Lymington, UK.
They made a good showing at the scoring gate, crossing
in fourth place to earn 2.5 points. But it was when the
team made the calculated decision to head east around the
Doldrums that things started to go wrong.
Out on the eastern flank of the fleet, the Kosatka crew
had opted to sail a longer route with the promise of more
wind, which did not materialise, leaving them wallowing
in the calms, while the rest of the crews were reaching
in the tradewinds towards Cochin. |
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Dockside in Cochin, India. Team
Russia, skippered by Andreas Hanakamp from Austria,
finishes leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Cape
Town, South Africa to Cochin India. The boat crossed
the finish line 13:23:30 GMT.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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As a final insult,
the team became entangled in an unlit fishing net on Monday
night, which required them to lower the sails and stop the
boat for upwards of two hours as the crew set about freeing
themselves. But despite the setbacks, morale onboard remained
good and spirits high as the team approached the finish.
Leg three of the Volvo Ocean Race, 1,950 nm from Cochin
to Singapore starts on Saturday December 13 at 14:00 local
time (08:30 GMT). |
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The crew of Team Russia celebrate
their arrival to Cochin India.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Scoring
Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael / BRA) won leg two earning a full eight points.
She was also first through the scoring gate and collected a further four
points, bringing her tally to 26 and leading the race overall.
Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking / NED) was second on leg two, scoring
7.5 leg points and two gate points. Her score is now 19 points and she
lies in second place overall. |
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Ericsson 4 is hauled out from
the water in the stopover port of Cochin India.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Ericsson 3 (Anders
Lewander / SWE) was third on leg two, scoring six points
and second at the scoring gate for a score of 3.5 points.
Her total is now 14.5 points and they lie fifth overall.
Telefónica Black finished in fourth place, scoring
five leg points and 1.5 gate points. Her total is 13.5
points and she lies in sixth place overall.
PUMA finished in fifth place, collected one point at the
scoring gate and four points for leg two, bringing her
tally to 18 points overall and third place overall, one
point behind Telefónica Blue. |
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PUMA Ocean Racing arrive in Cochin,
India, finishing leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race
08-09 in 5th place, crossing the finish line at
17.52 local (12.22 GMT).
Photo © Sally Collison / PUMA Ocean Racing.
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Delta Lloyd
finished in sixth place, collected 0.5 points at the scoring
gate and three points for the leg, and now has a total of
7.5 points and is seventh overall
Green Dragon finished in seventh place, picked up three
points at the scoring gate and two for the leg, which,
brings her total to 16 points and fourth place overall,
three points behind PUMA.
Team Russia scores score one point for finishing eighth
and 2.5 gate points. Her overall score is 7.5 points which
will puts here even with Delta Lloyd overall. The tie will
be broken in favour of Delta Lloyd. |
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Delta Lloyd, skippered by Roberto
Bermudez de Castro from Spain, finishes leg 2
of the Volvo Ocean Race from Cape Town, South
Africa to Cochin, India.
Photo © Rick Tomlinson / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg
Two Finishing Order into Cochin, India
1. Ericsson 4 / SWE (Torben Grael / BRA)
2. Telefónica Blue / ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED)
3. Ericson 3 /S WE (Anders Lewander /S WE)
4. Telefónica Black / ESP (Fernando Echávarri / ESP)
5. PUMA/USA (Ken Read / USA)
6. Delta Lloyd / NED (Roberto Bermudez / ESP)
7. Green Dragon / CHN / IRL (Ian Walker / GBR)
8. Team Russia / RUS (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT)
Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4: 26 points
2. Telefónica Blue: 19 points
3. PUMA: 18 points
4. Green Dragon: 16 points
5. Ericsson 3: 14.5 points
6. Telefónica Black: 13.5 points
7. Delta Lloyd: 7.5 points
8. Team Russia: 7.5 points
Visit www.volvooceanrace.org for
all the latest news! |
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Previous
Leg 2 Daily Articles. |
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| Fishing
Nets Slow Russians’ Progress - 10:00 GMT Wednesday, December 3, 2008. |
| Painful Progress For Kosatka Team Russia - 14:47 GMT Tuesday, December 2, 2008. |
| Ericsson 4 Crew Email - Leg Two Day 15 - 15:47 GMT Saturday, November 29, 2008. |
| Stealth Play In Final Stages Of VOR Leg Two - 15:33 GMT Saturday, November 29, 2008. |
| Telefónica
Blue Steals a March - Leg 2 Day 14 - 13:41 GMT Friday, November 28th, 2008. |
| Renewed hope and energy - Leg 2 Day 13 - 14:59 GMT Thursday, November 27, 2008. |
| Advantage Ericsson - Leg 2 Day 12 - 15:02 GMT Wednesday, November 26, 2008. |
| Bunching up - Leg 2 Day 11 - 11:34 GMT Tuesday, November 25, 2008. |
| Helmets and Goggles - Leg 2 Day 10 - 14:36 GMT Monday, November 24h, 2008. |
| Damage For Telefónica Blue - Leg 2 Day 9 - 14:41 GMT Sunday, November 23, 2008. |
| The Big Dry-Out Begins - Leg 2 Day 8 - 14:48 GMT Saturday, November 22, 2008. |
| ‘Sailing
Robots: Sail-Eat-Sleep-Repeat’ - Leg 2 Day 7 15:03 GMT Friday, November 21, 2008. |
| Points North - Leg 2 Day 6 - 14:59 GMT Thursday, November 20, 2008. |
| "No Broach, Please God, No Broach" - 15:00 GMT Wednesday, November 19th, 2008. |
| Green Dragon Breaks Boom As Conditions Turn Wild - 15:32 GMT Tue, Nov 18, 2008. |
| Puma Makes A Move - Leg 2 Day 3 - 14:55 GMT Monday, November 17, 2008. |
| Questions, Questions? Leg Win or Scoring Gate Points? - 14:52 GMT Sun, Nov 16, 2008 |
| Spectacular Start for Volvo Ocean Race Leg Two - Leg 2 Day 1 - 14:41 Sat, Nov 15, 2008 |
| All Eyes Turn Towards The East - Cape Town South Africa - 15:40 GMT Fri, Nov 14, 2008 |
| Volvo Ocean Race Fleet Prepares To Tackle The Unknown - 16:04 GMT Wed, Nov 12, 2008 |
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