Thursday at 7 a.m., Geneva’s Justine Mettraux (Teamwork-Team Snef), who is experiencing her first Vendée Globe, was still in 13th place in the rankings after having managed the consequences of a major problem: the loss of a sail.
“The key word now will be to adapt,” she said, with a tired face, in a video. To face adversity as best as possible.”
The Swiss, who was only 2 miles from the 12th, the Frenchwoman Clarisse Crémer (L’Occitane en Provence), however sailed slower than most of the sailors engaged in this solo round-the-world trip, without assistance and without stopover. Its radar showed 8.59 knots. “I need to rest and see if I need to adapt the strategy because I’m a little behind with all this,” she added. Before emphasizing: “I keep my spirits up.”
For comparison, the 10th, the British Samantha Davis (Initiative-Coeur) was moving at a speed of 16.99 knots. And on 15th, the Frenchman Romain Attanasio (Fortinet – Best Western) was “flashed” at 13.49 knots.
Justine Mettraux was 662 miles from French leader Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance), who was 22 miles ahead of his compatriot Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) and 31 miles ahead of another Tricolore, Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable).
Eight of the first nine places were occupied by French sailors. Only the Briton Sam Goodchild (7th) managed to break into the top 9 and break the French hegemony.
At the same score, the Genevan Alan Roura (Hublot) was 27th, 1740 miles from Dalin. He was overtaken by Tanguy Le Turquais (Lazare), 1 mile ahead of him.
As for Zurich’s Oliver Heer (Tut Gut), he had gained two ranks and was in 33rd place (at 2004 miles).
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