At the head of the Vendée Globe fleet every mile is won hard and not all are in the right direction, eastwards towards Point Nemo – 1000 miles away - and Cape Horn beyond. Stuck in a giant mess of an anticyclone which is tracking east with the fleet, it looks like it might be after the weekend before the train gets moving and the leaders can start moving east.
Compared with the last two editions of the Vendée Globe which, by Day 45, had both been distilled down to high octane drag race sprints across the Pacific to Cape Horn, at the front this ninth edition is increasingly becoming an exacting game of strategy and patience.
The skipper who comes originally from Dunkirk, positioned further North than Charlie Dalin and Yannick Bestaven, is watching the complex weather situation closely and crosses his fingers that Bestaven’s lead will not extend further. The skipper of LinkedOut remains on the lookout and ready to pounce if there is the slightest opportunity.
Yoann Richomme, winner of the last Route du Rhum in Class 40, double winner of the Solitaire and now skipper of the VO65 Mirpuri Foundation in the next Ocean Race 2021, was the guest of the Vendée Live.
" 12 to 22 knots, grey sky, the sea is starting to build. The next low is on its way, ready to sweep us lot up. I have been catching up on sleep, food, fresh water production etc. I'll gybe in the next few hours, and in case the forbidden zone is further north in about 500 miles on the approach to Australia. I've been dreaming of getting to that point for days!
Christmas Eve tomorrow. Things I am not missing out on: the fake cinammon smell piped into supermarkets, dodgy festive elevator-style Christmas music... "
Miranda Merron / Campagne de France
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