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Green Dragon in Stealth Mode
Leg 5 Day 42 - 14:52 GMT Friday, March 27, 2009.
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With the first three boats safely tied up in the Marina da Gloria, Rio de Janeiro after completing the 12,300 nm leg five of the Volvo Ocean Race, the next boat expected to finish will be Ian Walker’s Green Dragon.

However, she went into stealth mode this morning immediately after the 07:00 GMT position report, and will not reappear until 07:00 GMT tomorrow, or once she gets within 50 nm of the finish. At 06:55 GMT this morning, she was 267 nm from the finish and doing 13 knots.
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Green Dragon talk food, as rations run low 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 talk food, as rations run low 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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It is still possible that Green Dragon and Bouwe Bekking’s Telefónica Blue could have a duel at the finish, but until Green Dragon reveals her hand, that possibility is unknown.

Telefónica Blue has 331 nm to run and is trucking along at a steady 16 knots. She has covered 340 nm in the past 24 hours, but is Green Dragon as fortunate? Telefónica Blue is expected to finish tomorrow afternoon provided the breeze holds firm.
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Tom Addis looking for wind 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.
Tom Addis looking for wind 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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Leg 5 Day 42 - 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) STEALTHPLAY
Telefónica Blue ESP (Bouwe Bekking / NED) DTF 331

Delta Lloyd IRL (Roberto Bérmudez / ESP) DNS
Telefónica Black ESP (Fernando Echávarri / ESP) DNS
Team Russia RUS (Andreas Hanakamp / AUT) DNS
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Green Dragon talk food, as rations run low 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 talk food, as rations run low 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 5 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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Iker Martinez holding the sheet of the staysail while furling the A3 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.
Iker Martinez holding the sheet of the staysail while furling the A3 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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