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Final furlong for Green Dragon
Leg 5 Day 43 - 16:17 GMT, Saturday, March 28, 2009.
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At 13:00 GMT, Green Dragon was 36 nautical miles from the finish line at Rio de Janeiro, with Bouwe Bekking’s Telefónica Blue only 65 nm behind. At 13:00 GMT, the Volvo Open 70 was sailing at 11 knots but as can be seen on the ground in Rio there is very little wind in the Guanabara Bay.

The estimated time of arrival has now pushed back to 16:30 GMT or 13:30 local time. But even that looks a little optimistic at present.
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Green Dragon skipper Ian walker relaxes in the final stages on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro.

Photo © Guo Chuan / Green Dragon Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
Green Dragon skipper Ian walker relaxes in the final stages on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. Photo copyright Guo Chuan / Green Dragon Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Undoubtedly Telefónica Blue will be pushing hard to try and catch the leaders but there has been no word from either boat. Therefore we must assume the crews are concentrating hard on sailing as fast as possible, in these tricky winds.

We do know however that Green Dragon is conserving as much power as possible for only essential instruments, as they are running very low on diesel.

For the latest news on their progress please log onto the Volvo Ocean Race website: www.VolvoOceanRace.org
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Telefonica Blue trying to make the best out of the light airs, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro.

Photo © Gabriele Olivo / Telefonica Blue / Volvo Ocean Race.
Telefonica Blue trying to make the best out of the light airs, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. Photo copyright Gabriele Olivo / Telefonica Blue / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg 5 Day 43 - 13:00 GMT Volvo Ocean Race Positions
(Boat name / country / skipper / nationality / distance to finish)

Ericsson 3 SWE (Magnus Olsson / SWE) FINISHED
Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael / BRA) FINISHED
PUMA Racing Team USA (Ken Read / USA) FINISHED
Green Dragon IRL / CHI (Ian Walker / GBR) DTF 36
Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED) + 65

Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto B[érmudez / ESP) DNS
Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri / ESP) DNS
Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) DNS
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Andrew McLean looking in despair at thier broken generator, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro.

Photo © Guo Chuan / Green Dragon Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
Andrew McLean looking in despair at thier broken generator, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. Photo copyright Guo Chuan / Green Dragon Racing / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Leg Five Finishing Order Rio de Janeiro
1. Ericsson 3: 8 points
2. Ericsson 4: 7 points
3. PUMA: 6 points

Overall Leaderboard (Provisional)
1. Ericsson 4 (Torben Grael / BRA) 63.5 points (FINISHED)
2. PUMA (Ken Read / USA) 53 points (FINISHED)
3. Telefónica Blue (Bouwe Bekking / NED) 46.5 points (RACING)
4. Ericsson 3 (Magnus Olsson / SWE) 43.5 (FINISHED)
5. Green Dragon (Ian Walker / GBR) 34.5 (RACING)
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Onboard Telefonica Blue, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro.

Photo © Gabriele Olivo / Telefonica Blue / Volvo Ocean Race.
Onboard Telefonica Blue, on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Qingdao to Rio de Janeiro. Photo copyright Gabriele Olivo / Telefonica Blue / Volvo Ocean Race.
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Cape Horn Scoring Gate
(Boat / date / rounding time / gate points)

Ericsson 3: 17.03.09 12:22 GMT: 4 points
Ericsson 4: 17.03.09 14:48 GMT: 3.5 points
PUMA: 17.03.09 20:46 GMT: 3 points
Green Dragon: 18.03.09 02:15 GMT 2.5 points
Telefónica Blue: 19.03.09 13:39 GMT 2 points

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The Volvo Ocean Race 2008-09 will be the 10th running of this ocean marathon. Starting from Alicante in Spain, on 4 October 2008 with in-port racing, it will, for the first time, take in Cochin, India, Singapore and Qingdao, China before finishing in St Petersburg, Russia for the first time in the history of the race.

Spanning some 37,000 nautical miles, stopping at 11 ports and taking nine months to complete, the Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier yacht race for professional racing crews.
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