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Week 12 Update
The Atlantic Rowing Race 2009 is now 12 weeks old, and there are just 7 crews of the 30 that started still at sea with an average of under 400nm to go. The last 7 ocean days saw 6 crews reach the finish line.
The next crew due to make land is Yorkshire Challenge, who at the close of day 84 were just 12nm from the finish line, and can be expected to make land during the early evening of Monday 29th March. Slightly further afield, HOTW were just over 60nm away, and should make land either late on Tuesday or early on Wednesday morning.
Several crews are seeing more and more birds as they near land, with Roger on Dream It Do It going pass an almost limitless supply of gold… seaweed apparently.
Ole and Brian on Boogie Woogie have 350nm to go, but look to only have enough food packs left until Friday. After this they plan to eat some of the food they have saved during the crossing, which is mainly soup! Furthermore Brian is hoping to take his sheepskin cover and blue bucket from the boat with him on the plane when travelling back to Denmark because he says toilet seats on planes are very uncomfortable.
The forecast for the next few days suggests that crews will continue to benefit from Easterly conditions, with wind speeds of between 10-15 knots. At some longitudes the winds may come from an east north east or north east direction, but will generally be below 10 knots. The long term forecast suggests potential southerly conditions at the end of the week, but this will hopefully alter as the week progresses.