December 2008 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 23.
Yacht Racing News
Update Vendee Globe & Rich Wilson's GREAT AMERICAN III
the harbour in Les Sables d’Olonne: he was pected. The French sailor has major struc-
expected to restart the race to the south of the tural problems to deal with and an inspection
Nouck Buoy. FONCIA has around 360 miles is set to be carried out in the morning. Marc
to sail to catch up the leaders. Thiercelin (DCNS) is now docked in La Coruna
in Spain.
12 November Seb Josse (BT) took the lead and is 6.3
After a perfect night’s sailing the Vendée miles ahead of Jean Pierre Dick (PAPREC
Globe solo skippers are on the train south, VIRBAC 2) with Loick Peyron (GITANA
pushed by favourable 15-18 knots Northerly EIGHTY).
winds and making around 12 knots heading Now it is about angle or pressure. There
towards the islands of Maderia. is reckoned to be better breezes away from
Jean Pierre Dick (PAPREC-VIRBAC 2) the centre of the high, but those closer ben-
has the lead again, taking a slightly more efit from being able to gybe earlier.
offshore route than Seb Josse (BT) who is the Mike Golding reported this morning that
most easterly of the breakaway group of six the winds were fairly regular in direction, but
which maintains a distance of about 30 miles the seas are still quite big and the breeze
on the chasing pack. sgusty.
Under perfect moonlit conditions Roland Frustration for Derek Hatfield who is
Jourdain (VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT) had making repairs to his ALGIMOUSS SPIRIT
to make a stop of about half an hour, around OF CANADA and is received assistance
0200hrs GMT, to remove an obstruction from from the PINDAR and ECOVER, due to his
his keel. tight budget. As for Yannick Bestaven
Yannick Bestaven (AQUARELLE.COM) and Kito de Pavant
(AQUARELLE.COM) confirmed last night (GROUPE BEL) were seeing their dreams
that he had officially retired from the race. slipping away.
Thomson with the damaged HUGO Skirting the outside of the Azores high
GREAT AMERICAN III under sail.
BOSS arrived at Les Sables d’Olonne at pressure system Seb Josse (BT) has held the
gybe later.
MATÉRIAUX is closing back from the west
around 0500hrs GMT, and awaited the tide to lead that he established on this morning’s
Britain’s Steve White (TOE IN THE
then some of that relative gain evaporates,
haul out and make an assessment of the crack positions as he seeks to bank some of his
WATER) reported that he was dealing with
but Le Cam is still sixth, but his margin behind
in his hull side. gains from the easterly routing that has
several issues since his rushed departure
Josse has doubled in four hours.
Derek Hatfield (ALGIMOUSS SPIRIT yielded him slightly better breeze.
from Les Sables d’Olonne. White said he had
OF CANADA) is working on his electrical Pursuing hard down that same flank
suffered a small electrical fire, had blown a
13 November
repairs but had to lift the rig to repair his mast Jean Le Cam (VM Matériaux) has broken into
hose off his recently installed generator sev-
Loïck Peyron, (GITANA EIGHTY) re-
track. Hatfield’s biggest concern at the mo- the top 5, gaining six places since yesterday’s
eral times during the first 36 hours of the race
gains the lead as the pace increases at the
ment was budget. equivalent report.
filling his boat with a mix of diesel fumes and
front of the fleet. A gap develops to fourth.
Bernard Stamm (CHEMINÉES The chasing pack have gained miles on
steam.
Peyron leads by four miles from Jean Pierre
POUJOULAT) has his bowsprit repaired and the lead group who unfold their strategies,
Josse’s strategy looks solid for the
Dick (PAPREC-VIRBAC 2). Only 4.3 miles
the mast only needed stepping. For Jean- those in the west, closest to the high pres-
moment, he is consistently sailing faster in
separate the leading trio, Seb Josse (BT) in
Baptiste Dejeanty (MAISONNEUVE) who sure system following the contour of the
slightly better breeze and has remained closer
third, but they have earned a jump of 32.2
arrived back in port during the night, the pit isobars, while those closer to the Portuguese
to the rhumb line, only Jean Le Cam (VM
miles overnight over fourth placed Jean Le
stop could well take a little longer than ex- coast sail the more direct route, but can only
MATÉRIAUX) has posted the better VMG
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