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From CP15 CARABINEROS, at 09:10 am, 7 out of 8 teams in the race begin the historic crossing of the Beagle Channel. The atmospheric conditions, as throughout the race, have been very favourable for the racers. Today the racers are expected to get to the finish line that has been placed at CP 17 Puerto Williams.
Canal Beagle Channel crossing, from Carabineros to Yendegaia and Puerto Navarino, is 47 km voyage. There is immense tension and worry connected to the historic crossing. The day starts off with very good weather forecasts for the trip.
Very early on the morning, the organization is able to fly out and pass over the Darwin mountain range in helicopter carrying all the teams' equipment, various trips are made and the racer nervously wait to get into the channel.
Before the start, the Race Director meets with the team captains to inform the accumulated times for each participating team. In general the differences are very notorious, but two teams Uruguay and Sweden have only a 31-minute difference. The struggle for third place is now on, it'll be tough, even though Uruguay has the time advantage, it's clear that Sweden is much stronger at paddling, they obtained an hour's advantage over Uruquay at Bahía Inútil.
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21 February PER 2004 at 19:00 |
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At midday today they arrived at the FINISH LINE at CP17 Puerto Williams, 7 out of 8 team in competition. They were warmly received by the community and authorities in Puerto Williams.
Due to the fact that the 7 teams left together from CP15 Carabineros, not staggered, only the parcial times for this section are shown.
With a great advantage over the other teams , Xinix Water Purification from New Zealand ended up the winners of the first edition of PATAGONIA EXPEDITION RACE.
AXN MERIDIANORAID.COM from Spain took second place.
ADVENTOUR URUGUAY from Uruguay with only a two minute lead managed to get third place. The team Reebok Adventure from Sweden got fourth place.
23 February PER 2004 at 15:00 |
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The arrival of the Chilean team is expected, DAP ANTARTICA EXPEDITION, at about 21:30 this evening. The community prepares to receive the only Chilean team that accepted the tough challenge of this 520km race through some of the most remote territortiesin the world, the mystical Tierra del Fuego and the fearful Beagle Channel.
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