Charlie Dalin from Le Havre leads the 2024 Vendée Globe. He leads a group of 10 sailors heading towards the Cape of Good Hope.
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Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) slightly widened his lead at the top of the Vendée Globe this Sunday, November 24, 2024 in the morning.
The group of ten sailors he leads, including many favorites, tends to expand, before approaching the depression which will take them towards South Africa.
This group, sailing exclusively aboard boats equipped with foils, should indeed seize a depression between Brazil and the small archipelago of Trindade and Martin Vaz and then head towards the Cape of Good Hope.
If they manage to make the most of it, the leaders could return to the times of Armel Le Cléac’h in 2016-2017, who completed his world tour in the record time of 74 days.
After covering 523 miles in 24 hours, Dalin, second in the previous edition of this round-the-world race, is 47 miles ahead of Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable), and 61 miles ahead of Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable), who recovered the third place at the expense of Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa). Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V), now 6th, just passed Jérémie Beyou (Charal).
“From the moment we find ourselves stuck in its north, we should make a nice diagonal to reach the South Seas“, rejoiced Bestaven, the title holder, about the coming depression.
“Existing gaps with Charlie will continue to increase“, urges the 51-year-old sailor, who also hopes to take advantage of the windfall to clear his closest competitors. Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) took 10th place at the expense of Justine Mettraux ( Teamwork-Team Snef).It’s not easy to keep up, especially for me who is positioned a little further east because I think I have a little less wind than the others“, underlined Justine Mettraux.
1. Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) 20,206 nautical miles from the finish
2. Thomas Rettant (Vulnerable) at 47.09 miles
3. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) at 61.10 miles
4. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) at 66.04 miles
5. Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) at 87.16 miles
6. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V) at 106.34 miles
7. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) at 106.49 miles
8. Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB) at 106.78 miles
9. Paul Meilhat (Biotherm) at 138.16 miles
10. Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Coeur) at 167.02 miles
