Ellen is Falling Behind: Record is in Doubt
Jun 28, 2004 17: 13 EST
STATISTICS AT 2000GMT 28 JUNE
Elapsed Time: 06d21h50m
Ahead/behind record: -13nm, 0h45m Behind
Existing record: 7d2h34m42s
Distance covered: 2779
Distance to finish: 76
Position: 49 41 57N, 007 08 02W
Average boat speed (VMG) towards finish so far: 16.74 knots
Average boat speed (VMG) now required to beat record: 16.00 knots
Current boat speed: 10.3 knots
"It's not over, till it's over... We have a chance of breaking the record, it's a small one and its going to take everything we've got to do it... We are in the hands of the weather and we've just go to see what happens with the breeze. It's either going to sit in there and stay in from the south-west and let us finish or it's not. And that's a pretty raw way of looking at it but that's how it is. If the wind strength stays around 20 knots and we have to gybe then its still feasible but if decreases below 20 and we have to gybe then it looks like we won't make it."
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