PUMA and Ericsson 4 had a sleepless night trying to shake off each other. "Honestly, I thought the racing would be close, but this is ridiculous," wrote PUMA skipper Ken Read this morning. Every time a move was made to shake free, all the gear had to be moved from one side of the boat to the other. Read says the onboard action is intense and all being filmed by onboard media crew member, Rick Deppe. "Besides that," he says, "it's business as usual and there is nowhere we would rather be right now." Will he still be saying that in 20 days from now?
At the 1300 GMT position report, the fleet had a good north-northeasterly breeze of around 19 knots. PUMA had the fastest 24-hour run of 367nm and Ericsson 4 had the highest average boat speed of 19 knots over the past hour.
Leg One Day 5: 1300 GMT Volvo Ocean Race Positions
(boat name / country / skipper / nationality / distance to leader)
PUMA Racing Team USA (Ken Read / USA) DTF 5436
Ericsson 4 SWE (Torben Grael / BRA) DTL 2nm
Ericsson 3 SWE (Anders Lewander / SWE) DTL 37nm
Delta Lloyd IRL (Ger O'Rourke / IRL) DTL 67nm
Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) DTL 89nm
Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri / ESP) DTL 90nm
Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED) DTL 107nm
Green Dragon IRL / CHN (Ian Walker / GBR) StealthPlay
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