Thomas Ruyant would have done without it, but he is happy to know that his boat Vulnerable lives up to its name. The current 4th in the 2024 Vendée Globe had a big scare off the coast of Uruguay and left her front sail there, the fault of a very large squall (or rather a glitch – or even a kernel at this level ).
“The J2 is destroyed… I've never had anything like this. There were 20 knots, it went up suddenly. It went into tornado mode. It lasted two hours, with 45 to 60 knots! », lamented the Dunkirk, already the victim of damage to his mainsail a few days ago. Proof that if most of the way has been covered, the road is still long to Les Sables d'Olonne.
Dalin and Richomme wait for the trade winds
Still very close at the top of the Vendée Globe, Charlie Dalin and Yoann Richomme are experiencing calmer times and are still waiting for the tropical trade winds this Friday to allow them to accelerate their journey up the Atlantic. The leaders are impatiently waiting for the wind to pick up: “normally, the wind should start to pick up in the morning, that will allow us to lengthen our stride a little, we will change our pace a little,” welcomed Dalin.
“We are going to cover a little more ground than we have done in recent days,” he appreciated, as the two men approach the equator off the coast of Brazil.
The rankings at 7 a.m. Friday
1. Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) 4,197.18 miles from the finish
2. Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) 52.25 miles from the first
3. Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group) 315.50
4. Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) 1.317,50
5. Paul Meilhat (Biotherm) 1.484,38
News from Marina Foils
The virtual boat of the sports department 20 Minutes regains color and speed as it approaches Cape Horn. Driven by strong winds, Marina Foils is sailing at more than 21 knots towards the last milestone to be reached in this 10th edition of the Vendée Globe and continues its rise – the 56th of the name since the start in November.
The editorial team's Imoca is in 84,000th place and will have to carefully negotiate its comeback off the coast of South America to avoid losing ground and embarking on yet another comeback. We strongly believe in it.
