For the moment, and it may still be temporary, Yannick Bestaven has accelerated north and left the battle for second in his far distant wake. Making up to 20kts over night after connecting to a stronger flow of SE’ly wind yesterday afternoon, the skipper of Maître CoQ IV has made significant gains while his immediate pursuers – now led by Damien Seguin in second – for a long time were not managing to make ten knots.
Second on the Vendée Globe leaderboard since yesterday Damien Seguin is not unhappy with his ranking. The solo skipper of Groupe APICIL has done well from his option in the East and is expecting to get into new breeze after skirting to the east of the centre of a high pressure which has generated only light winds for him in recent days. This is Seguin from the radio call early this morning.....
Tough week to the Horn for Pip, 25 year dream realised for Cape Horner Tripon, Seguin second
18 miles between Seguin 2nd and Ruyant 4th
With 1300 miles to sail to Cape Horn this next week will be the toughest of British skipper Pip Hare’s Vendée Globe. With her autopilot system compromised due to the lack of true wind direction and strength data input, Hare is having to constantly adjust her course manually using the pilot’s remote keypad which means she is on high alert all the time, leaving her little time to sleep and eat.
Thomas Ruyant, in third place in his more westerly position, is the clear winner in terms of miles this morning as the skipper of LinkedOut is quicker while Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) and Charlie Dalin (Apivia) have been struggling in lighter airs. But longtime leader Bestaven – who has been top of the rankings since Christmas Day – is on the verge of breaking into a new weather system to his NE which could give the ‘red rooster’ wings and allow him to escape the chasing group still more.
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