The storm is behind Justine Mettraux. After a tense start to the week, his boat Teamwork-Team SNEF seems to have held up. The Genevan is still in 11th place in the ranking, but has widened the gap with her pursuers. She gets closer to the small peloton in front of her. Friday morning, she was around 80 miles behind the tenth placed Paul Meilhat.
Faced with slightly more appreciable conditions, it was able to take time to replace a seawater desalinator which was no longer working. And in a video sent to the race organization, she showed herself decorating her cabin with Christmas trees and stars, just to move at the pace of dry land. Sign of a more serene moment.
It is also for Alan Roura, now 17th in the Vendée Globe with Hublot. The Genevan finally seems to have found his rhythm. “I had a great night (red.: Wednesday to Thursday), I enjoyed the speed, going at over 24 knots. These are the first conditions where I can draw out the boat’s potential.”
Off the coast of Tasmania, Roura leads a small group of boats approaching the coast of New Zealand. His poor start to the race, however, leaves him with few aspirations in terms of ranking.
At the head of the race, Charlie Dalin remains in front, but he sees Yoann Richomme coming back on him (around twenty miles gap, Friday at 7:00 a.m.), suggesting a new change of leader to come.
