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Update from the Volvo Ocean Race

Positions at 1000

PS	Yacht	Latitude	Longitude	DTF	DTL	DTL-C	SMG	CMG
1	News Corp	32 51.04N	076 25.52W	413	0	0	10.9	54
2	Illbruck	32 49.56N	076 24.92W	415	2	2	10.7	56
3	Amer One	32 49.64N	076 27.00W	415	2	1	10.6	55
4	Assa Abloy	32 47.72N	076 27.68W	417	4	1	10.4	51
5	SEB	32 40.48N	076 56.00W	434	21	-2	11.3	54
6	Tyco	32 37.52N	076 54.12W	436	23	-2	11.3	52
7	djuice	32 35.72N	077 00.96W	440	27	-3	11.4	48
8	Amer Too	32 10.60N	076 39.92W	456	43	7	7.4	16

There's still all to play for on leg six of the Volvo Ocean Race as the boats work out their best lanes for rounding Cape Hatteras.

In the tightly grouped leading four, News Corp has edged into the lead by sailing a deeper course in the following south westerly 10 knot breeze and being marginally further to the north west are using the effects of the Gulf Stream more to their advantage.

This afternoon we can expect to see most of the boats gybe and this may reduce any advantage News Corp may currently hold. Often gybes are made after one of the three hourly position updates, but this is pointless in this instance because the top four boats are all within site of one another. Of the top four only Assa Abloy have already gybed.

Meanwhile Tyco, SEB and djuice remain out to the west and appear to be making better speed at present than the front runners. The unknown quantity remains the girls on Amer Sports Too way out to the south east, who were the first to gybe. Once they converge with the rest of the fleet it will be interesting to see if their gamble has paid off. Mostly likely (unfortunately) it hasn't.

djuice - in conditions slightly stronger than they're experiencing at present