The Vendée Globe remains wide open. A leading group of nine skippers form the vanguard with a slight advantage for two skippers, Charlie Dalin and Louis Burton. The skipper of Bureau Vallée 2 continues his more westerly route and all eyes are on the weather files. But all the way through the fleet, even at day 72 of racing, there is an intense satisfaction in still being in the race, from the front runners all the way through to Finland’s Ari ‘Super Happy’ Huusela who should round Cape Horn this weekend, and shut the exit door from the Pacific behind him
Vendée English live #73 : Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Pierre Casiraghi
Today, the Vendée English Live welcomes Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Pierre Casiraghi, founder of Team Malizia and vice-president of Yacht Club de Monaco.
In eighth but positioned 120 miles east of ninth placed Jean Le Cam, Les Sables d'Olonne's young Benjamin Dutreux spoke about his frustration trying to get out of the Doldrums on the 0400hrs UTC call this morning.
With less than two weeks - perhaps even just ten days – until the finish of what is set to be the closest ever edition of the Vendée Globe it is still impossible to predict which three skippers will finish on the podium.
Nick Bubb, ocean racer turned expedition leader and conservationist and Simon Fisher, Navigator, 11th Hour Racing Team were the guests of Andi Robertson on the Vendée English live today.
