NEW YORK MOVES INTO POLE POSITION

RACE 13: NOVA SCOTIA TO CORK, IRELAND
DAY 7

Uniquely Singapore is currently cashing in on skipper Mark Preedy’s decision
to keep south of the great circle route, as the boat is now able to sail at
a faster angle to the wind. Despite the fact that going off on a flyer like
this worked for Uniquely Singapore in Race 8 from Hawaii to Santa Cruz, it
is rare that this sort of tactic pays off and it may be a case of too little
too late for the Singaporean team.

Jamaica continues to have a good fight at the front of the fleet and is
showing some of the speed that the team is capable of but has struggled to
find on some of the earlier races.

Skipper of Jamaica, Simon Bradley, says, “A bit of wake up call yesterday
evening as the wind built and built until we had just under a steady 30
knots of true wind. Time to change headsails and reef! The sea was rather
short and steep as well which didn't help matters and it certainly made
cooking in the galley interesting, it's amazing the places that spaghetti
will stick to! One Love!”

With the winds not settling down for the next couple of days as the Atlantic
high begins to dominate it will all be down to boat speed rather than
tactics. The wind is forecasted to come from behind the fleet which will
allow lots of spinnaker work before the next low pressure system starts to
take effect.

Joff Bailey, Race Director, says, “If the positions stay as they are now
Hull & Humber will be trailing New York by four and a half points coming
into the final race, not an insurmountable task, but it will be hard for
skipper Danny Watson and his crew to break away from New York to get a big
enough lead.”

POSITIONS AT 1200 GMT 22 JUNE 2008

1. New York: Distance To Finish (DTF) 1272
2. Qingdao: DTF 1276, (Distance To Leader +4)
3. Jamaica: DTF 1277, (+5)
4. Hull & Humber: DTF 1278, (+6)
5. Glasgow: Scotland with style Clipper: DTF 1289, DTL +17
6. Liverpool 08: DTF 1299. (+27)
7. Uniquely Singapore: DTF 1300, (+28)
8. Nova Scotia: DTF 1303, (+31)
9. Durban 2010 and Beyond: DTF 1305, (+33)
10. westernaustralia2011.com: DTF 1317, (+79)