After a windless zone, which caused some Imocas to stop or almost stop, the 39 skippers still in the race will have to face the terrible Doldrums, and its uncertainties about the wind conditions, from Wednesday, with many grains announced. The fleet should regroup after the biodiversity protection zone surrounding Cape Verde.
Jean Le Cam stays on course
The only skipper, with Conrad Colman, to choose to go east and sail along the African coast, Jean Le Cam took over the lead of the fleet this Tuesday, and even dug a small hole. At the 7 o’clock clock, the skipper of It all starts in Finistère is nearly 48 miles ahead of his first pursuer, Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable), and 80 on the third, Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group).
Following the eastern strategy, Le Cam passed between Cape Verde and the African coasts, and took advantage of slightly stronger winds than almost the entire fleet which passed to the west of the archipelago. It thus maintained an average speed of 13.1 knots over 24 hours when its competitors struggled to reach 10 knots. But now, he has also headed west, maintaining for the moment a speed significantly higher than the others (14.65 knots).
The ranking
1. Jean Le Cam (It all starts in Finistère – Armor-Lux)
2. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) 47.84 miles from the leader
3. Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group) at 80.46 miles
4. Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable) at 91.75 miles
5. Charlie DallinMacif Santé Prévoyance) at 102.22 miles
Louis Burton did some heavy lifting
At the back of the race, Louis Burton (Valley Office), who was one of the outsiders of this Venée Globe, managed to seal the cracks that suddenly appeared on the bridge and resumed his march in less stressful conditions (25th at 214 miles from the lead), according to the organization.
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“The idea is to get back into racing mode,” Burton explained in a video published by his team. We will start with a major interior and exterior sanding. We have a big crack running across the deck and onto the interior cockpit bulkhead. [Sur le pont]there is a little cutting to do. » The Ile-de-France resident even had to “get out” of his boat to carry out work on the hull.
Battery of exams for Maxime Sorel
On Friday, Maxime Sorel decided to throw in the towel, the first skipper to abandon the Vendée Globe. Injured in an ankle, the Breton had diverted to Madeira to repair a part of his boat. But the work was impossible to carry out in these physical conditions. Returning to France, Maxime Sorel was able to undergo the first examinations, which confirmed a rupture of the external ligaments of the ankle.
“We don’t have all the proportions because we haven’t yet done any imaging,” Maxime Sorel explained Monday evening to 20 Minutes. I’m going tomorrow morning [ce mardi] in a center to do everything necessary, MRI, echo, scanner, we will go through everything there to observe this carefully and put the ankle back in place as quickly as possible. »
“Marina Foils” into the unknown
After a big day on Monday, with a return to the top 50,000 places, Marina Foilsthe boat of 20 Minutes on Virtual Regattahas resumed its place in the very soft underbelly of the fleet, on the border of 100,000th place. The option to the east, at Jean Le Cam, turns out to be more complicated than expected, even if there is a little wind.
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We will now have to bypass the biodiversity protection zone and head west again to avoid ending up in an area without the slightest sound of air. Come on, the road is still long, but our skipper is in great shape. The little energy bar at the time of the jibe in the middle of the night allowed him to be at his best.
