The second iconic milestone of the Vendée Globe is beginning to be crossed by many Vendée Globe skippers. After Charlie Dalin, Sébastien Simon, Yoann Richomme (Paprec Arkéa), Thomas Ruyant (Vulnerable), Jérémie Beyou and Nicolas Lunven (Holcim-PCB) crossed Cape Leeuwin, in the south of Australia, this Wednesday, December 11, during the 31st day of racing. The latter should soon experience more tormented times.
Charlie Dalin increases his lead
Above all, 3D mapping shows that the race is becoming more and more spread out, since the last skippers have just passed the Cape of Good Hope. Well, not the Hungarian Szabolcs Weöres (New Europe), who is still far from it.
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At the head of the race, Charlie Dalin took advantage of favorable winds to increase his lead and get closer to the record for the event, established in 2016 by Armel Le Cléac'h. The skipper of Macif Santé Prévoyance is getting closer to Tasmania and is expected to head into the Pacific Ocean in the coming hours.
