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John Kostecki's team is still holding a nine mile advantage over Gurra Krantz's SEB. In third place, News Corp is 40 miles down with less than 24 hours of the leg remaining.

But Jez Fanstone's team has not given up on the possibility of moving up a position. "illbruck and SEB are in touch and we can get back to them as we have done over the past few days. We're quick in these conditions and hoping to be able to pull back more miles. The others are a long way back but we still have to watch ourselves," wrote navigator Ross Field earlier.

The only other realistic place change is between fourth and fifth. Only five miles separate Amer Sports One and djuice with Grant Dalton currently holds the upper hand.

Volvo Ocean Race Position Report, Day 23, 10.00hrs GMT:

PS Yacht Latitude Longitude DTF CMG SMG TFHR DTL DTL-C ETA PO
1 ILBK 36 53.56S 150 18.68E 196 036 12.5 254 0 +00000 04 DEC 01 16
2 TSEB 37 00.76S 150 10.36E 205 032 12.6 253 9 +00000 04 DEC 01 10
3 NEWS 37 31.16S 150 00.32E 236 056 12.5 272 40 +00003 04 DEC 01 12
4 AONE 37 58.20S 149 16.00E 280 058 12.6 263 84 +00002 04 DEC 01 12
5 DJCE 38 03.44S 149 12.52E 285 057 12.7 264 89 +00001 04 DEC 01 6
6 AART 38 04.16S 148 52.68E 298 056 13.0 225 102 -00001 04 DEC 01 7
7 ATOO 38 58.36S 137 54.96E 830 099 09.7 229 634 +00019 06 DEC 01 3