[singlepic=1268,250,170,,left]Vendée Globe – Oceano Pacifico – Seppur in leggero ritardo rispetto al previsto, Michel Desjoyeaux è stato il primo skipper della Vendée Globe a doppiare Capo Horn. Lo skipper di Foncia, ancora formalmente in Pacifico, inizierà nelle prossime ore la sua risalita verso Les Sables d’Olonne. Contro il leader soffieranno venti da nord sui 20-25 nodi che dovrebbero rallentarne il passo, permettendo a Roland Jourdain, in ritardo di 86.2 miglia, di ridurre il distacco dal battistrada.
Nel corso dell’ultima giornata, a far segnare le media più elevate sono stati PRB e Brit Air, rispettivamente quarto e quinto a oltre 700 miglia da Foncia. Anche per Vincent Riou e Armel Le Cléac’h il meteo non sembra prevedere niente di buono: una bassa pressione, infatti, si sta spostando verso Capo Horn, dov’è attesa per giovedì, giorno in cui dovrebbero giungere in zona anche loro.
Il gruppetto dei primi cinque ha fatto lettaralmente il vuoto. L’inseguitore più vicino di Le Cléac’h è Sam Davies, sesta a 2069 miglia dalla testa della gara. La skipper di Roxy, seguita a distanza siderale da Marc Guillemot (Safran), rallentato dai problemi alla rotaia della randa, deve ancora giungere all’ultimo Ice Gate del Pacifico.
Day 56, 20.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) DTF 7154.7 nm
2 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) +86.2 nm
3 – Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) +473.1 nm
4 – Vincent Riou (PRB) +705.2 nm
5 – Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) +734.4 nm
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VENDEE GLOBE, FITS AND SPURTS
[Vendée Globe Press Release] Leader Michel Desjoyeaux’s track is now near due east, 87 degrees, and we can expect Foncia’s course bearing to become more and more northerly from tomorrow — the first boat is about to cross back into the Atlantic.
Meteo France forecasts predict a northerly at Cape Horn wind set to ease and backing westerly 20-25 knots this evening, and Mich’s speed is dropping relative to Roland Jourdain’s (Veolia Environment) in this evening’s updates. It is fourth-placed Vincent Riou (PRB) who is currently showing the fastest boatspeed, closely shadowed by his partner Armel Le Cléac’h on Brit Air. A low is rapidly moving towards Cape Horn and is likely to affect these two boats on Tuesday.
After a fast and furious couple of days, Sam Davies’ pace on Roxy (GBR) seems to have moderated in sixth place, while Safran’s boatspeed has picked up again after a lull this afternoon – Marc Guillemot may possibly still be experiencing difficulties with his mainsail.
Behind these two Brian Thompson (Bahrain Team Pindar, GBR) in eighth is experiencing pleasant, moderate sailing conditions in an isolated weather system. Brian reported tonight: “At present I am playing with a little low pressure system that is just in front of me, it has been forcing my route for the last couple of days and giving quite changeable conditions. It was always going to be a feature between the final two ice gates, and it is slowing me relative to Sam and Dee. Sam should have northerlies all the way to the final gate, and I will have a period of southerlies and then a long run in westerlies. Running is not this boat’s strong point and will add distance, so Sam should be well ahead at Cape Horn.”
Day 56, 20.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) DTF 7154.7 nm
2 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) +86.2 nm
3 – Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) +473.1 nm
4 – Vincent Riou (PRB) +705.2 nm
5 – Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) +734.4 nm
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