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Quotes from the fleet - day three

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Ichi Ban - 04:24 28/12/07

Pos: 4113.53S 150.00.02E

Speed 19ks, HDG 200

The weather grib files have shown a remarkable consistency over this race. It is perfect when as a navigator you can call the wind shifts on the hour and the sail changes ahead of the game. Having worked our game plan of keeping out to the

east of the fleet we've avoided some of the big parkups that the fleet have experienced and are now coming into Tasman Island with a sweet spot wind angle of 130 and 25knts of breeze. At the moment, we have closed to 40 miles of Skandia and we have another 150 miles of fast sailing to Tasman Island. My hope is that we open up enough distance on

Rosebud to claw back some of the 2-3 hours of corrected time we need.

Conditions are fantastic, with a bright moon lighting the deck, the guys are pushing every bit of speed out of Ichi Ban hoping to average over 15knts to the corner. This would give us an early afternoon crossing of Storm Bay and hopefully some good breeze up the Derwent to the finish in Hobart in time for the pub!

Conrad, navigator