Vendée Globe, affidabilità ed esperienza sono le armi di Dick
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[singlepic=1084,250,170,,left] Vendée Globe – Oceano Indiano – Mostrando grande fiducia nella propria imbarcazione, Jean Pierre Dick sta facendo il vuoto alle sue spalle. Navigando più a sud rispetto ai diretti avversari, il solitario francese pare trarre vantaggio dal mare piuttosto calmo, al punto che Paprec Virbac 2, scafo firmato da Bruce Farr, ha fissato il nuovo record di percorenza nelle ventiquattro ore relativo all’evento: 448.5 miglia. Un passo che gli ha permesso di consolidare la propria leadership.
Va comunque sottolineato che la progressione di Jean Pierre Dick non stupisce più di tanto. Nonostante la consapevolezza di poter contare su una barca di ultima generazione, lo skipper transalpino ha percorso un notevole numero di miglia in previsione di questa sfida e si è aggiudicato la Barcelona World Race, regata oceanica in coppia.
Mike Golding continua a tenere testa all’avversario, anche se il distacco va pian piano aumentando ed è ora di oltre quarantacinque miglia. Tre in meno di Roland Jourdain, terzo davanti a Michel Desjoyeaux e Sebastian Josse, distante più di cento miglia della testa della regata.
Alle 06.00 UTC di questa mattina Dominique Wavre e il suo Temenos II erano a 30 miglia dalla Baia i Mobihan, situata sulla costa est delle Kerguelen. Wavre, che nelle passate ore si è sentito più volte con Jourdain, che dalle parti dell’isola francese ci si è fermato più volte, ha dichiarato che la barca, con i ballast pieni, ha mantenuto una buona stabilità.
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Day 33, 05.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec Virbac 2) at 14938.0 nm to finish
2 – Mike Golding (Ecover 3) +45.3 nm
3 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) +48.2 nm
4 – Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) +62.9 nm
5 – Sebastien Josse (BT) +111.7 nm
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Video courtesy Vendée Globe.
VENDEE GLOBE, PREPARATION AND CONFIDENCE TELLING
[Vendée Globe Press Release] Showing resolute confidence in his boat, his preparations and himself, like a metronome, Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) has been setting the pace over the last three days, since he overtook Sébastien Josse (BT). With his regular position to the south, the sailor from Nice seems to be benefiting from calmer seas, as his Farr design clocked up the greatest distance over 24h on Friday evening (448.5 miles).
Based on the 11h rankings each day, out of the 32 days of the race, JP has been on the top spot for five days, behind Loïck Peyron (16 days in total) and Sébastien Josse (9 days altogether), but ahead of Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) and Yann Eliès (Generali) in the lead for one day each.
His success to date is not exactly a revelation. After a 2004 Vendée Globe on the fleet’s first Farr boat (now Cheminées Poujoulat), when he finished sixth in Les Sables d’Olonne, the former Vet and company boss has adopted a considered, scientific approach to his preparation. His route has been based on expanding his knowledge across all aspects with a wide reaching and comprehensive research and development programme, marking out the meticulous campaign. His Paprec-Virbac 2 is from the new generation, but is the boat that has sailed the greatest number of miles since her launch in New Zealand in February 2007: a delivery trip via the Horn, then a win in the two-handed round the world race (Barcelona World Race). With such preparation and miles behind him, it is no surprise that the ‘Southerner’ has no doubts about his boat’s ability and resilience.
Mike Golding, GBR, (Ecover 3) continues to match Dick, setting the same 24h VMG average, 17.7 knots, while this morning Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) – 62.9 miles behind Dick – has started to accelerate more and is second quickest behind the redoubtable Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement). Golding the most southerly routing, just below that of Jourdain.
With his position in the south Bernard Stamm, SUI, (Cheminées Poujoulat) has moved six miles ahead of Brian Thompson, GBR, (Bahrain Team Pindar) who is on a route 255 miles to his north. Thompson will have lost some small miles as he angled north but the pair are on converging gybes now, with Thompson lining up to close the Kerguelens.
At 06.00 GMT Dominique Wavre was about 30 miles to the SW of the haven of the Bay of Morbihan on the east coast of the Kerguelen Islands. He has reported that Temenos II has remained stable with the ballast tanks full. His team and the Race Direction have been in contact with the base on the Kerguelens and they are standing by. Wavre is understood to have been in contact with Jourdain who has been forced to stop there several times before.
Day 33, 05.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Jean Pierre Dick (Paprec Virbac 2) at 14938.0 nm to finish
2 – Mike Golding (Ecover 3) +45.3 nm
3 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) +48.2 nm
4 – Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) +62.9 nm
5 – Sebastien Josse (BT) +111.7 nm
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