After losing the lead in the race in recent days, Frenchman Charlie Dalin now has a more comfortable lead over his two competitors.
Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance), once again leader of the Vendée Globe since the day before, regained a slight lead on Thursday at the 7:00 a.m. check-in (GMT+1), over Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) and Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) .
Almost halfway between New Zealand and Cape Horn, Dalin is sailing 31 nautical miles ahead of Richomme and 47 nautical miles ahead of Simon.
After recently taking a day and a half to repair a sail, his boat regained all its capabilities, which allowed the 40-year-old skipper to cover almost 600 nautical miles in the last 24 hours, the best performance of the entire fleet. of the 36 ships still in the race.
The leading trio flies away
The leading trio has generally widened the gap of around a hundred nautical miles on their immediate pursuers, like Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable), in fourth position, now 744 nm from Dalin. The Northerner is followed by Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB) and Jérémie Beyou (Charal).
Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V) is temporarily alone in 7th position, 911 minutes behind the leader, after almost three days of struggling to avoid being caught by a zone of strong wind, with gusts of 50 knots. Boris Herrmann (Malizia – Seaexplorer) took eighth place at the expense of Paul Meilhat (Biotherm). Tenth, the Englishman Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) is not far away.
Ranking for the 10th edition of the Vendée Globe Thursday at 7:00 a.m. (GMT+1):
1. Charlie Dalin (Macif Santé Prévoyance) 9,327.24 nautical miles from the finish
2. Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa) 31.65 miles from the first
3. Sébastien Simon (Dubreuil Group) at 47.75
4. Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable) at 744.50
5. Nicolas Lunven (Holcim – PRB) at 749.36
6. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) at 758.49
7. Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq V) at 911.86
8. Boris Herrmann (Malizia – Seaexplorer) at 1005.56
9. Paul Meilhat (Biotherm) at 1038.80
10. Sam Goodchild (Vulnerable) at 1050.61
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36. Denis van Weynbergh (D’Ieteren Group) at 5,955.12 milles
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