Vendée Globe, trenta miglia per otto
OceanoVelaVendée Globe 28 Novembre 2008 Zerogradinord 0
[singlepic=951,250,170,,left]Vendée Glòbe – Oceano Atlantico – Continua in centro Atlantico l’infinito tira e molla che sta caratterizzando questa fase della Vendée Globe. In attesa di fare i conti con i capricci dell’alta pressione di Sant’Elena, i solitari giocano le proprie carte tenendole al riparo da sguardi indiscreti. Non far capire agli avversari quali sono le scelte tatiche a cui si sta pensando è di fondamentale importanza in questa fase della gara. Entrare in Oceano Indiano con un margine di vantaggio consistente, infatti, potrebbe costituire un bottino di ingente valore per affrontare la cavalcata negli oceani del sud, dove i venti soffiano costanti per tutti.
Nonostante alcuni cambi di posizione, tutto sembra essere uguale a ieri. Loick Peyron, dopo aver strappato al leadership a Sebastien Josse, è stato nuovamente scavalcato dal combattivo avversario che, su BT, conduce i giochi con un risicato vantaggio di sei miglia.
Si conferma Armel Le Cléac’h in terza posizione, mentre i quarta e quinta sono saliti Jean Le Cam su VM Materiaux e Roland Jourdain su Veolia Environnement.
Per capire il reale stato delle cose basta dare un’occhiata ai distacchi. Dal primo all’ottavo ci sono meno di trenta miglia: davvero poche per azzardare ipotesi, specie se si considera che alla conclusione della fatica mancano ancora più di diciannovemila miglia.
Day 19, 20.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Seb Josse (BT) at 19597.4 nm to finish
2 – Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) at +6.1 nm
3 – Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) at +12.0 nm
4 – Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) at +17.2nm
5 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) at + 20 nm
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Video courtesy Vendée Globe.
JO JO LEADS THE FLOCK
[singlepic=952,250,170,,left][Vendée Globe Press Release] Like birds migrating south, the leading bunch seem have fallen neatly into each other’s slipstreams as they head down the latitudes, with Sébastien Josse showing the way.
No change among the front-runners at this evening’s update (19.00 GMT): first placed Seb Josse has pulled a couple more miles out on Loick Peyron, whilst the distance to the next seven boats has increased marginally as their VMG picks up again. But if the speeds are picking up, what does that mean for the St Helena High?
Most of the skippers are playing their cards close to their chest, but we can certainly expect another day or two of unsettled weather as they cross the high pressure zone. After last night’s swing to the south, the predictions are for the wind to start backing northerly. When the westerlies will kick in is still open to speculation! With nine hours between scheds overnight, this could be a real opportunity for some night manoeuvring — we won’t know who comes out best until 04.00 GMT tomorrow.
Some of the positions are a little misrepresentative of where the skippers are in the real race — the race to get south. For example, ninth placed Mike Golding (Ecover 3) is 55 miles further south than Jean Le Cam in fourth. Le Cam’s radical south-easterly track appears to have been a temporary hitch in response to a shift, and he is now on a similar heading to the rest of the fleet.
In fact the boat closest to Le Cam’s latitude is 10th-placed Safran (Marc Guillemot), who made rapid progress south over the past couple of days and looks set to rejoin the leading group. Few would even rule out that Michel Desjoyeaux, currently in 14th, could catch the front-runners — Foncia is now around 55 miles further south than Sam Davies, but approx 125 miles to the west, which means that the Roxy skipper is showing as one place ahead. Swiss sailor Bernard Stamm is currently barreling down the track most rapidly, taking 120 miles from the leaders in the past 24 hours in Cheminées Poujoulat in 22nd place.
Day 19, 20.00 GMT, ranking
1 – Seb Josse (BT) at 19597.4 nm to finish
2 – Loïck Peyron (Gitana Eighty) at +6.1 nm
3 – Armel Le Cléac’h (Brit Air) at +12.0 nm
4 – Jean Le Cam (VM Materiaux) at +17.2nm
5 – Roland Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) at + 20 nm
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