In this area, you also have to deal with storms which can be very virulent. Yesterday, Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) was worried about a particularly impressive storm that was overtaking him. Lightning also struck twice near Malizia – Seaexplorer. They caused damage to the electronic systems and quite a fright to Boris Herrmann. « Those who say lightning never strikes the same place twice are wrong », says Boris. It was one of the craziest days I have ever experienced at sea, a day I will never forget ».
(Boris Herrmann victim of lightning!)
Alan Roura, the other climb
The trio Benjamin Dutreux (Guyot Environnement – Water Family, 11th), Clarisse Crémer (L’Occitane en Provence, 12th) and Samantha Davies (Heart Initiatives, 13th) should also be faced with the same disrupted wind conditions. Samantha seems to have a slight advantage over Clarisse by catching a little more wind from a depression which is deepening in their path.
Behind it is Alan Roura (Hublot, 17th) which is at the party. By following the ZEA, the Swiss managed to return to less than 40 miles from Jean Le Cam (It all starts in Finistère – Armor Lux, 16th). Romain Attanasio (Fortinet Best Western, 17e) et Damien Seguin (APICIL Group) are progressing to the East to rise at the same time as the anticyclone.
Facing depression
For several days now, part of the fleet has been monopolized by a strong depression which is coming down from the Andes mountain range and will sweep across the south of South America. As always, there are the lucky ones, including Isabelle Joschke (MACSF, 18e), Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian, 19e) and Benjamin Ferre (Monnoyeur – DUO for a JOB, 20th) who should get by. But the latter assures us that we must not dawdle: “ There, it’s courage, let’s flee! It’s a race against time to protect yourself as much as possible. ».
For others, Tanguy Le Turquais (Lazarus, 21st) to Kojiro Shiraishi (DMG Mori Global One, 26th), we will have to hang on. During the passage of the depression from Thursday to Friday, average winds of 35 to 40 knots, gusts of 50 knots and waves that could reach 6 meters are expected. The ZEA preventing them from going very east, they should try to take a route very west.
