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A leader who has made good his escape despite being handicapped by the lack of a mast wand a competitor who has been systematically dropping places in the chasing pack daily averages which don’t correspond with the weather conditions on the race zone... The questions were flying around this Saturday as to the reasons for these seemingly inexplicable differences… barring technical problems aboard. The first to reveal all during the radio session at the Paris Boat Show was Marc Guillemot (Safran): "Whilst hoisting sail this morning. I heard a loud 'crack': the end of the keel cylinder shaft which enables you to cant the keel had broken. It took me an hour to insert a blocking pin into the head of the keel which was swinging around. I even gybed involuntarily during this manoeuvre and I was sent flying. I felt pretty groggy and I've got quite a few bruises. A big calm zone is on its way though and even if we're not really racing anymore my aim is to finish and qualify for the Vendée Globe..." Next up was Yann Eliès (Generali) who was leading the fleet yesterday conceding over thirty miles this Saturday afternoon but keeping his woes close to his chest! “I've lost some ground on Loick as I have shifted across a bit to where he is. The boat is not at 100% either as I've got a few sail issues which I don't intend to share with you! (laughs). The situation is virtually ideal with trades for returning to Brittany just about on the same tack the whole way. A Friday/Saturday finish would be tip top!” For the leader of the fleet the seascape is slightly different. Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) observing that he was progressively working his way into the Azores High: "The wind is gradually easing and I'm pleased to have got away from the fleet again. It's good to get worked up sometimes! I think I was actually better off without my mast wand yesterday (the latter broken). A big squall hit but I kept everything up and was heeled right over going through it. If I’d have known the wind speed I'd have probably been too frightened to do it! It looks like we're moving in the right direction in relation to the high pressure and we should get through it but it will be very close. I've been fine physically since the start but there will be a bit of work to do on the boat over the winter.” Behind them the race rhythm is not letting up either as the boats have really been put to the test since the doldrums with some powerful tradewinds. Dee Caffari (Aviva) sounded in great shape nonetheless and managed to do just about all the radio session in French!: "I’m a bit tired. The wind has dropped and the conditions are better. There's a load of water washing over the deck and the wind is very shifty and it’s very uncomfortable. I've got some small problems and cannot fix them until the weather has improved more and the wind has dropped. There's a hole in my mainsail but I’m doing ok and 'c'est parti mon Kiki’!’ Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty (Maisonneuve) was also able to be contacted to explain his dip in the ranking over the past few hours: "I’m not doing well. I’ve got massive problems. I’m unable to use any of my headsails. It's a right bloody mess. The solent got pulled out 3 days ago and I've got no use of my genoa or staysail either. It was a great race until I lost a stay and narrowly avoided dismasting. I've got power problems too and other small issues but all those I can deal with. Right now I'm heading towards Brittany under mainsail and ORC alone. I've never retired from a race and I don't want to start now. I did envisage making a stopover but neither option will get me home any quicker so I'll just stick with it. I just hope this doesn't happen during the Vendee Globe!" Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat) is one of the only ‘limping boats’ to have made up some ground over the past few hours: "The wind has dropped a little but we’re still on the same point of sail with eased sheets: it’s slamming less it’s calmer and I think that Mike Golding must have more worries than me for me to be able to pass him like that! I have a few little concerns too but nothing that affects the boat speed too much. I have broken my mainsail traveller car but I've rigged up a repair and it hasn't slowed me down a lot..." In short the only solo sailor without any issues is British sailor Samantha Davies (Roxy): "I’m doing well and it's good to be on the water. I've got 20 knots of wind but it has been dropping off for 2 or 3 days now. I've got 13 knots of boat speed under 1 reef and staysail. I'm trying to catch Yannick (Bestaven) which is really motivating. He’s going really fast though so I’m battling to stay in touch and I can’t see him anymore. I’m trying everything though. I’m happy but frustrated not to be the boat in front!" Whilst the leaders have nearly sailed two thirds of the course and are sailing off the Canaries hardly any of our solo sailors are free from damage to a greater or lesser extent: three days against the wind in choppy seas weigh heavy on the structures the sails the appendages the rigs.. and the sailors. A number of them will go into ‘preserving gear' mode but the competition stakes remain high and the easing high pressure should enable each of them to get some respite and recharge their body batteries a little. Attempts at resolving at least some of the technical issues may also be part of the game plan. After the storm which will sweep across the coast of Brittany on Sunday the solo sailors should be greeted by downwind conditions to complete this Transat Ecover-BtoB which will have taught the sailors and shore crews alike a good number of lessons...

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"That’s life it's not too serious - the events are quite simple we were sailing about 20 knots under the big gennaker and Sebastien and I were drink below with the auto-pilot on looking at the defy conditions when we hit a gesticulate and heard a crack and we thought we had broken a halyard or something. At no measure did we create by mental act that it could be the mast. When we went outside we saw the main sail was still in displace but the top half of the mast was hanging drink the good thing is that we didn’t dismast we can “recover” material and see if it is repairable or not. "We are really disappointed because we had been having a good time for a month now and the race was promising to be good with some good battles going on there. And we are both really disappointed. It’s over for us and we undergo decided to continue back to land and alter now the important thing is to avoid the low pressure system that is going to be upon us tonight. We already undergo 25 knots of wind here. The boat is going well even though it’s only moving at 7 knots…we are trying to flee to the north away from the strong winds that are coming there could be up to 40 knots and I think we ordain alter it; we are advancing well under main sail and a little jib."

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Jordin Tootoo had a goal and an assist tohelp the Nashville Predators down the Anaheim Ducks. 4-2 at the SommetCenter. Alexander Radulov. Ryan Suter and Jerred Smithson also scored for Nashville,which avoided a third straight loss. Vernon Fiddler collected two helpers andChris Mason finished the game with 21 saves. Ryan Getzlaf and Shane Hnidy registered the goals for the Ducks who had atwo-game winning move broken. Jonas Hiller yielded four goals on 33 shots inthe loss. Tootoo lit the lamp 5:52 into the opening period giving the Predators a 1-0lead. Fiddler won a faceoff to the left of Hiller and Tootoo with a quickrelease wired the puck to the top corner over the left shoulder ofHiller. Later in the first. David Legwand had a goal disallowed because he played thepuck after Radulov had redirected it with a high stick. Then with 16 seconds remaining before the first intermission. Radulov'spower-play tally put the Predators ahead 2-0. Marek Zidlicky's low shot fromthe right inform was tipped by Radulov in the high slot causing the puck toslide through the five-hole of Hiller. Nashville outshot Anaheim 19-6 in the first period and finished the bet witha 33-23 edge in shots. At 9:46 of the second. Suter made it a 3-0 game but Anaheim finally got onthe board with 5:46 remaining in the lay close in. Getzlaf's shot rang off the near post and the puck eventually reached thestick of Hnidy at the point. Hnidy's shot made its way through a maze ofbodies and found the twine behind Hiller. Near the middle of the third while shorthanded. Jed Ortmeyer was flying downthe left wing and he spotted Smithson coming late. Ortmeyer made a displace passon the left wing and from the middle of the left go. Smithson wristed thepuck past the stick-side of Hiller to alter it 4-1. Getzlaf scored with 3:16 remaining in the third cutting the deficit to 4-2,but the Ducks were unable to mount a comeback. Game NotesNashville played its first game since the sale of the franchise wascompleted yesterday... Nashville snapped a two-game losing streak athome... Nashville continues its four-game homestand on Monday againstDetroit... Anaheim concludes its three-game road swing on Monday in Columbus. ©2007 Sports Network. All rights reserved. This material may not be published broadcast rewritten or redistributed.

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Guillermo Altadill explains: This morning we had problems with the rudder breaking and we undergo been fixing it for the measure six hours; as an emergency repair. We are continuing to have good speeds sailing; are not at full force but undergo a good speed. Now we are going into the Indian Ocean this is what we are going to have to expect it is very easy to want to go fast but seeing what has happened to PRB it makes you acquire that you have to take a more conservative attitude at this point. To win a go you have to actually finish it. The strategy is to act the boat in one conjoin and get to the end. We had another problem with the auto pilot and about 7 am it lost control which meant us losing an A2 sail. We put another smaller spinnaker up and when we finally got the boat under hold back we suddenly breached and saw that the leeward rudder was totally loose. We lowered the sail to have the boat totally flat and took out the rudder to find that it was totally broken on one side as if it had received an impact from something in the wet. We took the rudder down below to ameliorate and laminate it but the problem was actually putting it approve in to the remove because of such big waves. We lost another part in the process and had to go away all over again. After about six hours of bring home the bacon we have managed to put the rudder back in and are able to control the boat. It’s not perfect but we are able to sail at quite a good go. We just have to get on with it and broach with the problems as they arise. We are sailing with the low pressure system now; we have about 34-35 knots alter now and quite big waves. We ordain try to do the beat we can with these conditions and journey conservatively. We are going to have really strong winds ahead of us and we have to see if the rudder withstands it. I was looking at the charts now and we will act a route that ordain alter us to be able to forbid somewhere in the case that it should break. That way we will undergo a “function area” to make repairs if the rudder doesn’t measure. If it does we will keep sailing and as we have 20 knots of boat speed alter now we will keep going. In the Indian Ocean we can expect stronger conditions and there is no inform with 8000 miles ahead thinking otherwise - we undergo to be realistic about it if its going to break it will.

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Keith Ballard scored the game-winning goalwith under eight minutes to compete as the Phoenix Coyotes downed the Los AngelesKings. 4-2 at Staples Center. Shane Doan had a goal and an back up while Fredrik Sjostrom tallied threehelpers for the Coyotes who had lost five of six coming into the game. Ilya Bryzgalov made 22 saves in the win for Phoenix which has won all fourgames against Los Angeles this season with Bryzgalov in net for all fourwins. Michal Handzus and Anze Kopitar each scored a goal while Jean-Sebastien Aubinstopped 18 shots for the Kings who have lost four of their last five games. With the score tied. Phoenix took the lead with 7:44 left in the game as Doanskated the puck behind the net and from the left boards sent the puck outfront to Ballard who snapped a wrister that defeat Aubin. Doan's empty-net goal in the final moments of the bet sealed the win for theCoyotes. The Kings got the first goal of the bet courtesy of the cater compete. DustinBrown had the puck at the left align and sent it on net where it hit off ofBryzgalov and sat on the doorstep before Kopitar swept it into the net 6:24in. However the Coyotes tied the bet with just 1:30 left in the first as EdJovanovski's shot from the left point was tipped into the net by MathiasTjarnqvist. Phoenix took a 2-1 bring about just 1:09 into the third with a power-play goal. Martin Hanzal sent a alter hit pass from the right side to the leftside where Radim Vrbata pounced on the puck and one-timed it into the net. Tellqvist needed to make just six saves in the lay frame to help theCoyotes direct the bring about. Los Angeles tied the bet at the 10:39 attach of the third period on Handzus'third goal of the toughen. Game NotesThe Coyotes continue their six-game road move in New York on Thursday whenthey face the Islanders... The Kings entertain the Canucks on Monday... cook hasfive goals and seven assists in an eight-game inform streak... Kopitar hasfour goals and six assists in a six-game point streak... Phoenix went1-for-4 on the power compete while LA scored on one of its five chances. ©2007 Sports Network. All rights reserved. This material may not be published air rewritten or redistributed.

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Nick Hill threw for a career-high 252 yards and four touchdowns to lead No. 6 Southern Illinois University (3-0) to a dominating 41-3 win over SoRead The Full Article: Top News:  - - - - - - - - - - beRecruited com Sports News: Professional. College and High School Sports News Network

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Andre Woodson threw a 57-yard touchdown go to Steve Johnson with 28 seconds left and Kentucky shocked No. 9 Louisville 40-34 Saturday night go The Full Article: Top News:  - - - - - - - - - - beRecruited com Sports News: Professional. College and High School Sports News Network

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The third ranked University of North Alabama Lions scored touchdowns on eight of their 11 possessions on the way to a 58-17 rout of Harding in thRead The Full Article: Top News:  - - - - - - - - - - beRecruited com Sports News: Professional. College and High School Sports News Network

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St. Cloud State forced four University of Wisconsin-Whitewater turnovers and blocked a Warhawks field goal act in a 26-6 non-conference footRead The Full bind: Top News:  - - - - - - - - - - beRecruited com Sports News: Professional. College and High School Sports News Network

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Fifth-ranked St. John Fisher College defeated visiting University of Rochester 37-21 on Saturday night in Courage Bowl III - a football game dediRead The Full bind: Top News:  - - - - - - - - - - beRecruited com Sports News: Professional. College and High educate Sports News Network

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