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Team Legato expected to arrive in Marseilles on Saturday

by Mireille Vatine 13 Apr 2001 18:29 BST

It looks as though Team Legato helmed by Tony Bullimore will be crossing the finishing line of The Race on Saturday afternoon.

After Warta Polpharma which finished on Tuesday of this week, she will be the last of the boats to finish this non-stop crewed race round the world.

Today she had just a little more than 320 miles to cover. She is the oldest boat in the fleet and Tony Bullimore and his crew will no doubt be extremely relieved to arrive have come to the end of their circumnavigation.

Don't forget that last week, Team Legato has to deivert to the Canary Islands when she was ahead of the Poles as the Brits had to change their ball joint on the boat's mast step. Then on Monday evening, Slava Sisenko broke his tibia when he was on deck for a sail change.

Boat's position at 12 h 30 GMT :

38.48.36 N 01.24.08 E
Heading : 67°
Average speed over 1 hour : 12.9 knots
Speed on the spot : 10.6 knots
Distance to finish : 322.6 miles
East to south-easterly, force 3 to 4 becoming easterly over the next 24 hours

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