Special Envoy at Pointe-à-Pitre
- Route du Rhum. direct, boat positions and ratings on 12th edition cartography
gybes, do you want it here? For more than twenty-four hours, the tracks of the leading peloton of Imoca monoholes strongly resemble a mountain range drawn with a child’s colored pencil; ascents, descents, ascents and descents follow one another on the cartography of the Rum route. With the changing trade winds approaching the West Indies, sailors now have no choice but to string maneuvers one after the other. A war of nerves and patience currently being won by Thomas Ruyant on Linked In who now has a 33.3 mile lead over Charlie Dallin.
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33.3 miles is both a lot and nothing at the same time for sailors who average just over 20 knots in the final hours. The calculation is done very quickly. after eleven days at sea, Rouyant has only an hour and a half before Le Havre, which has not had its last word. Jeremy Bayou (Charal) too, although his delay is perilously close to 100 miles (90.4 to be exact), while the winner hopes to arrive on Monday morning, Guadeloupe time (add five hours for mainland France).
A visual finish between the top two off the coast of Guadeloupe.
In the Ocean Fifties, one wonders which of Quentin Vlaamink (Arkema) and Erwan Le Roux (Coesio) will crack first with 245 miles to go in the lead Arkema, 19 at 21:00 (France time). .9 miles before Erwan Le Roux from Koesio. The suspense is complete as the latter gradually gains her lead. So much so that we can take it very seriously that the two men end up at Tête à l’Anglais, a crossing point before going east around Guadeloupe.
Two Ultims left in the race
Suspense on every level, which contradicts that of Ultim category, disappeared. Arthur Le Vaillan (better) arrived in sixth place in the afternoon. Only Armel Le Cleac (Maxi Banque Populaire XI) remains in the race, sailing at an average speed of more than 33 knots towards the finish line, which he should cross, if all goes well, around 10pm on Sunday. Romain Pilliard (Use It Again by Extia), a victim of repeated problems early in the event, was still about 1,700 miles from the finish on Saturday night. Finally, in the 40s, Yoan Richom (Paprek Archea) continues to calmly dominate the proceedings, over 100 miles ahead of his first pursuers.
Source: Le Figaro
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