Sunday at 7 a.m., Justine Mettraux (Teamwork-Team Snef), who is experiencing her first Vendée Globe, had lost one place compared to the score taken the day before at 7 p.m. The Genevan was 11th and, while sailing not far from Brazil, was delighted to see a piece of land.
“This is the first island I have visited since Madeira,” she said in a video posted on the official website of the solo, non-stop round-the-world race. Before greeting Fernando de Noronha, the main island located in the South Atlantic in the archipelago of the same name. She added: “I don’t know when I’ll see the next one, but it will be a long time.”
The Swiss, who was sailing at a speed of 22.63 knots, found herself 180.32 miles from the leader, the Frenchman Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance).
The Swiss, who hopes to reach the Cape of Good Hope in a few days, was some 100 miles from the top 5.
The provisional podium is completed by the Frenchman Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable, 2nd at 47 miles) and the Briton Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable, 3rd at 61 miles).
At the same score, after 13 days and 18 hours at sea, Alan Roura (Hublot) continued his recovery. 31st Saturday morning, 29th Saturday evening, the Genevan is now 27th, 782 miles from Dalin.
As for Zurich’s Oliver Heer (Tut Gut), he is 36th (at 915 miles) among the 39 boats still in the race.
