Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) took the lead in the 2024 Vendée Globe. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkea), traveled between Tuesday 19 and Wednesday 20 November, 551.81 miles (1,021 km) approaching the Doldrums, a new record for a monohull sailboat. Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable) is 6th.
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Ninth day of the Vendée Globe… Dunkirk Thomas Ruyant is in 6th position out of 39 sailors entered, he is looking for speed before the dreaded Doldrums, an intertropical zone with unstable weather.
Still leader Monday November 18, 2024, Jean Le Cam (Everything begins in Finistère – Armor-Lux), passed between Cape Verde and the African coasts, but who has now headed west, has fallen in the ranking since he is now in 13th position, almost 150 miles behind Sam Goodchild.
“The conditions are perfect to make the machine move forward. It moves on its own. So I let it express itself!”summarized Sébastien Simon (2nd on Groupe Dubreuil) to the organizers.
“Practically everyone has now returned to double-digit speeds and over the last four hours a large half of the fleet has been traveling at an average of 20, even 25 knots!“, Pierre Hays, deputy race director, told AFP.
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The weather conditions are good for the northern skipper as he approaches the Doldrums.
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©Thomas Ruyant
Before tackling the Doldrums and its capricious weather on Wednesday November 20 afternoon, the majority of the first twelve competitors took advantage of ideal conditions with a wind between 18 and 20 knots on flat seas, which allowed them to overtake 20 knots on average.
Ranking of the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe Wednesday November 20 at 7:00 a.m.
1. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) 21,658.02 nautical miles from the finish
2. Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) at 26.48 miles
3. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) at 34.76 miles
4. Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) at 35.15 miles
5. Nicolas Lunven (Holcim-PRB) at 40.11 miles
6. Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable) at 58.20 miles
7. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) at 69.10 miles
8. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V) at 71.20 miles
9. Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) at 91.81 miles
10. Clarisse Cremer (L’Occitane en Provence) at 95.22 miles
See the full ranking on vendeeglobe.org. See also the competitor mapping and the video of Sam Goodchild at the entrance to the Doldrums.
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