They almost missed it. Attack without counting, get on the foils, see the counters panic… The duo Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance) – Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA) has regained speed, more than 20 knots on average, and is heading towards the north. It’s going quickly: tomorrow afternoon, they should cross the equator then the doldrums during the night from Sunday to Monday. Charlie, who found strong wind more quickly, took the opportunity to slightly widen the gap. At 3 p.m. this Saturday, off the coast of Salvador de Bahia, he was 129 miles ahead of his rival.
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Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil, 3rd) will also be able to accelerate. After some realignment, it will in turn be able to benefit from the trade winds. But it’s behind where things are happening. A reconfiguration of the forces present is underway because everything has changed in recent hours. Paul Meilhat (Biotherm, 5th) took advantage of Thomas Ruyant’s (VULNERABLE, 4th) problems to come back on him. Both are now blocked by a windless zone, “ a cold front with rain and instability », specifies Basile Rochut, the weather consultant for the Vendée Globe.
Their pursuers, who are progressing upwind, can take advantage of this to return. Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE, 8th) and Boris Herrmann (Malizia – Seaexplorer, 9th) emerge from the calm zone at the center of the depression while Nicolas Lunven (Holcim-PRB, 6th) tries to maintain the pace despite aerial problems . He was contacted this morning during the session:
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