The PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG crew returned to the podiumwith a third-place finish into Lisbon, Portugal, early Fridaymorning to complete Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. The PUMAcrew made the more than 3,500 nautical mile transatlantic crossingfrom Miami, Florida, to Lisbon in 11 days, 6 hours, 26 minutes and51 seconds. Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing captured their first leg win,crossing the line into Lisbon less than 6 minutes ahead ofsecond-place Groupama Sailing Team, with PUMA 2 hours back. "We"re very, very happy with third place. To beat twoof our closest competitors, we"ll take it and run,"said skipper Ken Read.
"Physically it wasn"t that hardof a leg, but mentally it was difficult. This was a battle of arace. It seemed like every time somebody would make a good move,the fleet would invert, and someone else would be on top. Therewere so many lead changes, and the finish was a perfect example ofhow hard this leg was for the entire fleet.
We"ll take this,keep racking up points and keep moving forward." PUMA departed Miami on May 20 for the start of the shortest leg ofthe race to date. Traveling up the Atlantic coastline and battlingthe Gulf Stream, the crew encountered the outskirts of TropicalStorm Alberto in the move east. The journey took them to thenorthern Atlantic Ocean toward the ice gate, before beginning thepress to Lisbon. PUMA"s Mar Mostro crossed the line in Lisbonat 23:26:22 UTC/00:26:22 local.
"It was a tricky race, full of transitions which were veryhard for lead boats to deal with," said navigator Tom Addis."Nobody could every really get ahead and stay ahead, and thefleet could never relax into a rhythm. There were alwaysopportunities for the boats behind to catch up. In a race likethis, especially with a park-up so close to the finish,you"re happy with any podium position." With the third-place finish in the leg, PUMA now moves into thirdplace in the overall standings with 171 total points. Groupama tookover the top slot with 183 points, while Team Telefónicadropped to second at 181, leaving 12 points separating the topthree boats.
The entire fleet finished the leg within 5 hours ofeach other. Leg 7 marked the second transatlantic crossing for PUMA"s MarMostro. The team first departed U.S. waters on July 3, 2011, withthe start of the Transatlantic Race 2011 from Newport, RhodeIsland, to Lizard Point, Cornwall, U.K. Their first trip across theAtlantic Ocean was successful as they notched wins in both IRCClass 1 and IRC Overall of the race.
The original PUMA crew was back in tact for the first time sinceLeg 4. Casey Smith (Brisbane, Australia), who missed Leg 6 due to alower back injury, returned for Leg 7. The Volvo Ocean Race started on November 5 in Alicante, and thefleet is traveling 39,000 nautical miles through 10 ports,finishing in Galway, Ireland, in July 2012. The PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG team is under the leadershipof Read (Newport, Rhode Island, United States). Collectively, thecrew has won the Around the World Race six times.
The coreincludes: Tom Addis, Navigator (Sydney, Australia); Ryan Godfrey,Pitman (Adelaide, Australia); Kelvin Harrap, Helmsman & InshoreTactician (Napier, New Zealand); Brad Jackson, Design Coordinator& Watch Captain (Auckland, New Zealand); Rome Kirby, Trimmer& Driver (Newport, Rhode Island, USA); Michael"Michi" Müller, Bowman (Kiel, Germany); TonyMutter, Aerodynamics Coordinator & Watch Captain (Auckland, NewZealand); Jonathan "Jono" Swain, Helmsman & Trimmer(Durban, South Africa); Amory Ross, Media Crew Member (Newport,Rhode Island, USA); Kimo Worthington, General Manager (Portsmouth,Rhode Island, United States); and Tim Hacket, Shore Team Manager(Sydney, Australia). RESULTS: Leg 7 (racing still underway): POS TEAM TOTAL FINISH ELAPSED 1 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 30 21.23.54UTC 11d, 4h, 23m, 53s 2 Groupama Sailing Team 25 21:29:21 11d, 4h, 29m, 20s 3 PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG 20 23:26:52 11d, 6h, 26m, 51s 4 Team Telefónica 15 01:28:27 11d, 8h, 28m, 26s 5 CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand 10 01:30:09 11d, 8h, 30m, 8s 6 Team Sanya 5 01:44:25 11d,8h, 44m, 24s Overall Standings: POS TEAM OVERALL 1 Groupama Sailing Team 183 2 Team Telefónica 180 3 PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG 171 4 CAMPER with Emirates Team New Zealand 162 5 Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing 104 6 Team Sanya 32 PUMA Ocean Racing powered by BERG scoring: POS RACE/LEG PTS TOTAL 2 Alicante In-Port Race 5 5 -- Leg 1* -- 5 3 Cape Town In-Port Race 4 9 3 Leg 2, Stage 1 16 25 4 Leg 2, Stage 2 (3rd in Leg 2 overall) 3 28 4 Abu Dhabi In-Port Race 3 31 2 Leg 3, Stage 1 5 36 4 Leg 3, Stage 2 12 48 2 Sanya In-Port Race 5 53 2 Leg 4 25 78 2 Auckland In-Port Race 5 83 1 Leg 5 30 113 3 Itajaí In-Port Race 4 117 1 Leg 6 30 147 3 Miami In-Port Race 4 151 3 Leg 7 20 171 * Retired from leg Lisa Ramsperger See Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 images : Last Updated ( Friday, 01 June 2012 ). I am a professional writer from Gifts & Crafts, which contains a great deal of information about vintage music boxes , miniature music boxes, welcome to visit!
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