Samstag, 26. Mai 2012, 14:14:11 Uhr

08. November 2011, 14:09

Durch die Nacht

Gestern Abend gegen Mitternacht, segelte die gesamte Flotte der afrikanischen Küste entlang gegen Westen in der Erwartung, dass die Passatwinde endlich eintreffen. Mit nur 10 Knoten bliesen leichte Winde auf die Segel und dennoch konnten alle Teams davon profitieren.-Team Telefonica on their way to Gibraltar at sunset, on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.Credit: Maria Muina.

Zürich, 8.11.11 mk (mk) Bis jetzt hat die Flotte meistens Wind von der entgegengesetzter Richtung erhalten. Telefonica mit dem spanischen Kapitän und Olympiasieger Iker Martinez und der Puma Mar Mostro mit Skipper Ken Read/USA - hatten sich in der Nacht für eine weitere Offshore-Track entschieden, sie wollten den Wind aus Richtung Norden für die Fahrt gewinnen. Frank Cammas/FRA auf der Groupama 4 und Chris Nicholson (AUS) von der Camper wählten den Weg näher an der afrikanischen Küste.

Der Fortschritte sind hart und langsam. Groupama 4 hatte in den drei letzten Stunden die beste Geschwindigkeit von 6,7 Knoten im Durchschnitt, während der Rest der Flotte sich nur dreieinhalb bis vier Knoten gutschreiben konnte.

Die Mannschaft auf der Mar Mostro ist damit beschäftigt ihre Ausrüstung zu trocknen, zu essen und zu ruhen. Es ist das erste Mal seit Samstag, dass sie sich das gönnen können. Im Moment sind da keine Winde und die Wasserboots haben die Jungs mit den Segelschuhen ausgetauscht. Das flotte Leben wird aber bald vorbei sein, für den frühen Morgen sind zwei Kaltfronten angesagt und der Wind wird sich auf 20-30 Knoten erhöhen.

Interviews in English
INTERVIEWS & FOOTAGE AVAILABLE OF TEAM SANYA, AS THEY RETIRE FROM FIRST LEG OF VOLVO OCEAN RACE DUE TO HULL DAMAGE

Alicante, Spain – On Monday, Team Sanya, the Volvo Ocean Race’s first-ever Chinese entry, announced their official retirement from Leg 1, after sustaining serious damage to the bow of their boat, soon after leaving Alicante, Spain for Cape Town, South Africa.

Mike Sanderson, CEO and skipper of Team Sanya, elaborated on the events at sea with a television interview Monday afternoon and reiterated the team’s intention to get back in the race.

Gripping on-board video shows footage of the hull damage, as the crew witnessed it first-hand on Sunday morning before they limped into the port of Motril, Spain for repairs.

Sanderson says Team Sanya now face a major logistical challenge to get their boat to Cape Town and effect repairs before the in-port racing and the start of Leg 2 to Abu Dhabi.

“We need to take the time to do some serious thinking and planning, assessing the logistical options and making the right choices that get us back in the race as soon as possible. We need to repair the hull perfectly; a rush job is not an option."

“The repair is no small task. We have to chop out a large section of the boat and replace it – normally a two to three week job, we will have to shoehorn it into seven days. But this is the Volvo Ocean Race and we will do what we have to do to make it happen.”

Sanderson summed up the disappointment that he and the entire Sanya team were feeling after the retirement and reiterated their commitment to return to racing as soon as possible. Team Sanya will release their shipping route and departure and arrival dates as soon as that information is confirmed.

In an unrelated incident, bowman Andy Meiklejohn sustained an injury during a sail change in the extremely rough conditions on the first night. Once ashore, an assessment at the local hospital confirmed Meiklejohn had broken his foot. Meiklejohn has returned to England for surgery.


TEAM SANYA ON-BOARD SHOTLIST

00:00-00:10 OPEN SLATE

00:10-00:34 Tiger Teng On-Board

“Very unlucky. I don’t - OK, not so bad.”

00:34-01:00 QUOTE – Richard Mason, Helmsman, Team Sanya

“We can see some damage. Currently the water lavel is about here [knocks on hull]. We’re going to have to get off the race track and find some flat water and see what we can do about resolving the problem. It’s a pretty dire situation.”

01:00-00:44 QUOTE – Mike Sanderson, Skipper, Team Sanya

“Not a good day in the office. Obviously we’ve split the bow or something. Pretty disappointing. It was rough but we didn’t have any bangs. Certainly nothing like we had during the day yesterday. So, you know . The water tight bulk head is doing a fantastic job, the plumbing, fittings, the pump. We’re very safe. The systems are working well. It’s just very disappointing for our race. But you know, we’ll live to find another day.”

01:44-01:58 General Views – Securing the Boat & Pumps

01:58-02:45 Above deck GV’s of boat

02:45-02:56 Hull Damage with Water

02:56-03:06 END SLATE



MIKE SANDERSON TRANSCRIPT

00:00-00:10 SLATE

00:10-00:48 “I’d actually just gone down below and was sitting in the nav station and suddenly felt the boat do this odd lurch, kind of like we were dragging the keel through some soft mud or something. And the guys on deck quickly said, quick check, check, looks like we’ve got a lot of water in the bow. And instantly when a couple of us ran forward, you could hear the noise, of the water coming into the bow. It’s like someone had opened a dam.”

00:48-00:58 “We hot everyone out of their bunks and into their life jackets. If the water-tight door had broken, you know, we would have sunk.”

00:58-01:18 “You know, the worst case scenario is, of course, we ship the boat to Cape Town because we’re not able to fix it in time. What we have got to do is chop out possibly a 6 meter by 3 meter by 1 meters section of boat and replace it.”

01:18-01:41 “I’ve never retired from a Whitbread or Volvo before, so that obviously doesn’t sit too well with me. That’s quite a sad moment for me personally. Its also our first leg and we haven’t got there, so there’s lots of emotions on that side. It’s very sad.”

01:41-01:51 “Personally, of course, it’s tragic to be out of the leg. It would be much more devastating to be one of the other boats going for the overall victory, I think.”

01:51-02:02 “So it was pretty gut wrenching stepping off the boat when we got into port and realizing that we were missing quite a big bit of our boat.”

02:02-02:14 “Andy Meiklejohn broken his foot, that’s going to put him out for at least a couple of legs, if not more, because he needs to go back to the UK and have an operation.”

02:14-02:24 SLATE



ANDY MEIKLEJOHN INJURY INTERVIEW/FOOTAGE

00:00-00:10 SLATE

00:10-01:01 QUOTE – Andy Meikeljohn, Crew, Team Sanya

“Its been a pretty wild 24 hours starting this race, so I’m back here in the lazarette [aft bunk] with either a broken ankle or a ruptured tendon from a sail change. As I am lying here, I woke up to a bit of commotion. We’ve got the bow full of water. We aren’t able to get the water tight door open, so we’ve got the pumps hooked up. And we’re bailing furiously. We’re currently preparing to furl the sail and heading for land. Not a great situation. We don’t know if we are making progress in keeping the boat afloat, but so long as the water tight bulk head stays intact, then we should be able to do that.”

01:01 -01:15 Quote – Andy Meikeljohn, Crew, Team Sanya

“We’ve been sailing within ourselves but it’s a big hurdle to overcome this one.”

01:15 -01:37 On-board General Views


Stand 8.11.11 10.00

Leg 1 Report: 08/11/2011 10:05:39 UTC
DTL DTLC BS DTF
1 TELE 0.00 0.0 14.6 5946.3
2 GPMA 3.40 8.0 12 5949.6
3 PUMA 4.10 0.0 14.2 5950.4
4 CMPR 26.00 5.0 13.8 5972.3
- ADOR Suspended Racing
- SNYA Retired from Leg 1





Leg 1 Report: 08/11/2011 1:01:53 UTC
DTL DTLC BS DTF
1 GPMA 0.00 0.0 4.3 6010.7
2 TELE 11.10 5.0 4.2 6021.8
3 PUMA 12.20 3.0 3.9 6022.9
4 CMPR 13.10 6.0 2.7 6023.8
- ADOR Suspended Racing
- SNYA Did Not Finish



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Team Telefonica on their way to Gibraltar at sunset, on leg 1 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 from Alicante, Spain to Cape Town, South Africa.Credit Maria Murina.