Jean Le Cam (Tout commence en Finistère – Armor-Lux) regained the lead of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe on Monday with a short lead over his pursuers since Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) was only 4 miles behind him in the standings. 7 p.m.
Aged 65, the oldest of the race hit a wind zone off the Mauritanian coast that he had chosen to sail along unlike the rest of the fleet, which set out on an option further west which came up against a windless area.
Le Cam, 6th participation, was sailing at 14 knots while the Briton Goodchild and his closest pursuers, Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) and Nicolas Lunven (Holcim PRB), were moving between 4 and 7 knots.
“Yes, I have lost a little speed in the last few hours, but everything is fine aboard Vulnerable,” Sam Goodchild told AFP. “It’s a little frustrating to find yourself without wind, nothing serious. The advantage is that I don’t put too much pressure on myself about the result. We adapt, that’s all.”
On the ninth day of racing, the fleet remains particularly tight with 15 skippers staying within a radius of almost 110 miles at the 7 p.m. check-in.
At the 7 p.m. check-in, Geneva’s Justine Mettraux was 10th, nine places ahead of Alan Roura who was losing speed (5.7 knots on average over 24 hours). The third Swiss representative, Oliver Heer, is 36th. “The first week went by quickly and at the same time, it was super busy,” explained Justine Mettraux. I feel good at sea and everything is fine!”
