Vendée English live #41 : Jean Marie Dauris
Jean Marie Dauris, Technical and Sports Director of the project and childhood friend of Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV).
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18 December 2020
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18 December 2020
Miranda Merron this morning
Yesterday I was parked in a bubble of high pressure, and then unfavourable upwind - just for me - due to a kink in the isobars just where I was. I was desperately trying to place the boat ahead of the front which has now swept Campagne de France up. I really thought I was going to miss the train, but just made it. Now we, the boat and I, are reaching in my favourite pre-frontal conditions.
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18 December 2020
Ruyant Rolls The Roulette Wheel A Little, Bestaven Slowed, Dalin Explains....
Yannick Bestaven is leading the fleet through a transition zone of lighter winds this morning just to the south of Macquarie island as the Pacific lives up to its name. The skipper of Maître Coq has been slowed through the night and this morning is making just 10kts but his margin over second placed Charlie Dalin is a relatively comfortable – for the moment – 100 nautical miles.
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17 December 2020
Bestaven Sets Pace in Pacific
The first three Vendée Globe boats are into the Pacific Ocean today and have passed the midpoint of the 24410 nautical miles race course around the world. Yannick Bestaven, the skipper of Maître Coq IV, who has had a very consistent race since the start has held the lead for over 24 hours now, more than 100 miles up on Thomas Ruyant on LinkedOut who had to stop for several hours last night when his bow compartment filled up when he was asleep.
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17 December 2020
Louis Burton plans to repair at Macquarie Island this weekend
Louis Burton, the solo skipper of eighth placed Bureau Vallée 2, plans to stop to make repairs at the tiny, remote Macquarie Island in the Southwestern Pacific this weekend. The 15 miles long island is close to his route eastwards and a short parenthesis, he hopes, would allow him to climb his mast and make repairs to his mast track and to the other damages which are compromising his speed potential.
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