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Yacht Racing News
Update Vendee Globe & Rich Wilson's GREAT AMERICAN III
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nent of Africa. them. I have been tidying up a few things, To the east, inshore, Rich Wilson,
The 1000hrs GMT update shows some attachment points for gear came loose (GREAT AMERICAN III), the elder states-
Cam (VM MATÉRIAUX). GITANA EIGHTY, skippered by Loïck and things like that, so we are getting things man of this race is moving up through the
Of the international skipper Mike Peyron, has extended his lead by about 10 sorted out, and we are going along nicely gears too, advancing on Unai Basurko, ESP,
Golding, GBR, (ECOVER 3) still holds 11
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miles over Seb Josse (BT) now in second, under a full main and reacher, making about (PAKEA BIZKAIA) who remains closest to
place in the fleet of 27. As the leaders stretched duelling with Jean-Pierre Dick (PAPREC- 11 knots or so. It is a beautiful sunny day, so the Moroccan coast. Wilson reported, “I
away slightly, moving progressively into VIRBAC 2). this is pretty nice to have after those first found that I couldn’t carry the sail that I
stronger winds, Golding lies 77.4 miles be- Alex Thomson announced that he had couple of days. We are in a pack of boats thought I should be able to carry, because
hind Peyron. Swiss skipper Dominic Wavre withdrawn from the race and vowed to be (ARTEMIS about 30 miles ahead, and the pilot couldn’t hold the boat if it started to
(TEMENOS II) gained another place over- back again in 2012. His team announced his PAKEA) and so we are moving along nicely broach. Thus we were giving away speed.
night and lies 16
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. official retirement, issuing a statement con- with this group. We gybed late last night After much reading in the manual, and a
Yannick Bestaven (AQUARELLE. firming that they are unable to complete away from the centre of the high pressure consultation with our electronics advisor
COM) under jury rig and Kito de Pavant repairs to his Open 60 HUGO BOSS before system, that seems to have worked pretty ashore, I made two adjustments. Both seemed
(GROUPE BEL), under engine, have arrived the deadline on next Wednesday. It is thought well for us. Things are under good control.” improvements, and I went back into the pro-
at Les Sables d’Olonne. the damage was sustained by a collision with gram and changed the two settings again.
Bestaven said, “I feel it’s unfair, but the a submerged object. There is a transverse 14 November We have more speed now, and more poten-
Vendée Globe wasn’t made for me this year. crack that runs through the outer and inner The Peyron pace is quick and Seb Josse tial speed, so we’ll see in the next day or so
There’s been no reward for the months of skin of the boat. The crack extends 5 metres and Jean Pierre Dick are having to live with if I can catch up a bit. The hoisting of the main
hard work. That’s tough. I should have stayed to almost the centreline. The unidirectional that for the moment at the front of the Vendée is very painful for my back, so I have to be
at home this summer, when I had problems fibres that make up the outside layer of the Globe fleet, passing 115 miles to the west of very careful.”
getting a sponsor. I get the impression I have boat have peeled off from the start of the the Canary Islands this morning. Peyron For now, the wind has clearly eased off
been wasting my time. There were a lot of crack to the back of the boat. There is also a (GITANA EIGHTY) more than doubled his in the leaders’ area. We are now far from the
sacrifices made by myself and by the team. 10cm x 10cm compression to the hull which overnight lead, stretching to 30 miles ahead 15-17 knot averages of the past two days.
They all worked like crazy right up to the start. has pushed the core in and a deflection inside of second place Josse (BT) who is about 22- The leaders are managing between 10 and 12
They believed in me. Everyone is very disap- the hull. Thomson became the fourth skipper 25 miles to the west, while Jean Le Cam (VM knots, which confirms the fears of some of
pointed.” forced to retire from the Vendee Globe. MATÉRIAUX) to the east maintains third 1.6 the competitors that the trade winds would
Kito de Pavant could not hide his emo- The pace at the front of the fleet is miles behind, and about 35 miles to the east be abandoning the fleet. Although Peyron’s
tion, saying “It’s very frustrating not to be incessant. The leading five are passing Ma- also averaging the same speeds as GITANA lead may be halved, his average speed over-
out there under the stars. The fine weather deira with Loïck Peyron hanging on to a lead EIGHTY. night is still strong, but Le Cam still keeps up
arrived after the storm. I didn’t make it through of 13.6 miles, making nearly 16 knots of boat Derek Hatfield has made about 40 miles his threat. Third placed Seb Josse (BT) has
the first storm. The boat slammed into a wave speed, ahead of Seb Josse (BT) who has since he started again in modest winds at also gained overnight against the leader,
that was more violent than the others. The taken back second and who lead last night. 0100h GMT early this morning. He is some making up nearly eight miles to lie 22.8 miles
mast fell and the adventure was over. It’s Jean-Pierre Dick (Paprec-Virbac 2) lies third. 1270 miles behind Peyron, with light winds behind.
awful. I’d really loved to have made it back to American Rich Wilson (GREAT expected all the way across the Bay of Biscay. Rich Wilson, (GREAT AMERICAN III)
Les Sables much later on.” AMERICA III) confirmed that he is still try- Jean-Pierre Dick (PAPREC-VIRBAC 2) spoke of his bad back. He said, “It is pretty
With a ridge of high pressure stretching ing to rest his badly bruised back, which is spoke today of his tiredness, his vivid dreams painful still. I have had multiple conversa-
right up to the Bay of Biscay from the Azores requiring him to be a little conservative. He where he considered Jesus to be trimming his tions with our emergency medicine doctors
high, the wind off Madeira is a 20-knot east- said, “When I went up from one reef in the sails, but more importantly of losing time back in Boston and also an e-mail exchange
erly on the leeward side and 20-knot North- main, I had to make 250 revolutions on the when he had to recover a gennaker from the
easterly between the islands and the conti- pedestal winch, and I can feel every one of water.
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