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Last two Class 2 skippers finished in Cape Town
dimanche 8 décembre 2002 –
The last two Class 2 skippers finished in Cape Town today in a dramatic two horse boat race to the line 7,000 nm and 55 days since leaving Torbay, England on Leg 2 of Around Alone 2002-03. Alan Paris on BTC Velocity and John Dennis on Bayer Ascensia both came out of the fog this morning only to be surprised to see each other’s boats just metres apart in the final 15 miles to the finish.
John had been a good 130 miles ahead less than two days ago, but had got caught in a windless hole inshore last night, only making 2 miles an hour. However, Alan’s boat is made for these lighter winds and amazingly in the last 10 miles, he steered a course more offshore to sail BTC Velocity past John Dennis on Bayer Ascensia just before the finish line and crossed at 12:59:24 local time (10:59:24 GMT) under full sail and spinnaker flying in a soft private breeze all of his own. Just 100 metres behind, John then lost the wind and even took down his collapsing spinnaker to end up ghosting across the line at 13:22:36 local time (11:22:36 GMT) just 23 minutes after Alan. It is incredible that the local breeze ended up being the determining factor in their race all the way from from England.
We recall that once during this leg in the Atlantic, both skippers sighted each other’s boat briefly, a rare occurence in these round the world offshore races, but not as rare as seeing them racing alongside each other to the finish this morning. Both skippers, who celebrated their birthdays on this leg, had their wives and children waiting for them and all the other class 2 skippers as well as Bruce Schwab & Emma Richards from Class 1 came out to welcome them both in and assist them with getting the boat dockside.
John spoke of how wonderful it was to arrive in Cape Town and to see his wife Penny and daughter Stephanie cheering him on as he crossed the line. As a diabetic skipper, John has had to manage his medical condition by himself, and done so successfully. Alan commented on how this leg he paced himself more, and feels well rested despite the fact that the leg was definitely very long for him. They moored up alongside each other at Pierhead and sprayed Champagne Mumm over each other to celebrate their arrivals. The Sunday crowds at the V&A Waterfront lined the pontoon and clapped and cheered both skippers after their long awaited arrival in Cape Town, South Africa. Even now there are people working on their boats to prepare them for the next marathon leg, which starts in only 6 days time at midday on the 14th December.
Last boat to finish is Open 60 Tiscali, skippered by Simone Bianchetti. He is 424 miles away and keeping up a good pace, which means that his ETA is overnight on Monday/Tuesday.
Provisional Results, Leg 2 : Class 1
– 1st : Bobst Group-Armor Lux finish time 09:59:45 GMT 13th NOV - 29 DAYS 22HRS 59 M 45S
– 2nd : Solidaires finish time 19:42:55 GMT 13th NOV - 30 DAYS 8 HRS 42 M 55S
– 3rd : Pindar finish time 03:27:13 GMT 14th NOV 02 - 30 DAYS 16HRS 27 M 15S
– 4th : Hexagon finish time 02:54:12 GMT 15th NOV 02 - 31 DAYS 15HRS 54 M 12S
– 5th : Ocean Planet finish time 03:15:16 GMT 28th NOV 02 - 44 DAYS 16HRS 15 M 16S on the water. NB : NOT including the provisional 48 hour time penalty for stopping in Spain.
Provisional Results, Leg 2 : Class 2
- 1st : Tommy Hilfiger Freedom America finish time 13:48:13 GMT 27th NOV 02 - 44 DAYS, 2 HRS, 48M, 13S on the water.
- 2nd : Everest Horizontal finish time 15:37:35 GMT 1st DEC 02 - 48 DAYS, 3 HRS, 37M, 35S on the water
- 3rd : Spirit of Canada finish time 02:25:40 GMT 2nd DEC 02- 49 DAYS, 15 HRS, 25M 40S on the water
- 4th : Spirit of yukoh finish time 20:05:51 GMT 3rd DEC 02 - 50 DAYS, 9HRS, 5M, 51S on the water
- 5th : BTC Velocity finish time 10:59:24 GMT 8th DEC 02 - 54 DAYS, 23HRS, 59M, 24S
- 6th : Bayer Ascensia finish time 11:22:36 GMT 8th DEC - 55 DAYS, 0HRS, 22M, 36S
- NB : NOT including the provisional 48 hour time penalty for stopping in Spain.
Positions at 1400hrs GMT 8th December 2002
Class 1
– Boat Lat Lon AvgBsp AvgHeading DTF (nm)
– 1. Tiscali, 35 37.240 S 10 05.260 E 9.24 kt 86 °T 424.34 nm
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