Vendée Globe: Justine Mettraux is still at the gates of the Top 10

Justine Mettraux remains the best-placed Swiss sailor after just over four weeks in the Vendée Globe. The Genevoise occupied provisional 11th place on Monday at 7:00 p.m.

His delay on the current 10th, the German Boris Herrmann, was less than 10 miles. Compared to French leader Charlie Dalin, the Swiss has a deficit of almost 1,220 miles.

For his part, Geneva’s Alan Roura was sailing in 20th position, a little over 2,655 miles behind the leading boat. The last Swiss sailor in the race, Oliver Heer was in provisional 32nd place, more than 3,300 miles from the leader.

Charlie Dalin had a lead of 157 miles over Sébastien Simon and 328 over Yoann Richomme. The leader for a week passed Cape Leeuwin on Monday afternoon, the gateway to the Pacific Ocean, but his pursuers continue to gradually close their gap. The Norman skipper was in fact the slowest in the fleet over the last 24 hours, the organization underlined.

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