Thomas Rouillard is daring to his return to the Atlantic – LinkedOut
The newspaper of January 5
Thomas Rettant likes to say that he is a player at the LinkedOut bar . So, to celebrate his return to the Atlantic, he played a trick, which, perhaps, will be a winner. And if it is not, at least we can say that the Northerner will have shown a great panache by passing west of the Falklands when the other three skippers forming the leading quartet were obstinate to the ‘East. The bet of Rouillard is to bypass the high pressure north of the Falkand Islands by the west. For the moment, he is taking advantage of a surplus of wind and has succeeded in relegating Damien Seguin to 20 miles. But it is only in one or two days that we will be able to know if the audacity will be rewarded.
The classification at 9 o’clock
1) Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq 4), at 6 . 100 nm of arrival 2) Charlie Dalin, (Apivia), at 200 nm
3) Thomas Rettant, at 310 nm
4) Damien Seguin (APICIL Group), at 341 nm
5) Benjamin Dutreux (OMIA – Water family), at 439 nm
Traffic jam at Cape Horn
It’s not ore the periphery during rush hour, but at this level, it’s not far from unheard of. Since the passage of Benjamin Dutreux Monday afternoon, Burton,
Le Cam , Sorel, Pedote, Herrmann then Joschke crossed Cape Horn. In short, two-thirds of the way through the race, seven skippers stand in 190 miles. The race is closer than ever and things are unlikely to get better in the unpredictable Atlantic. Because not far from this group, Clarisse Cremer and Armel Tripon have not yet said their last word. Crazy.
Big fear for Maxime Sorel
In this peloton of pursuer, Maxime Sorel was very scared. Facing the wind, his boat made a mistake. As a result, a sailboat overturned and two sails folded and placed on the deck, fortunately held by ropes, fell into the water. The skipper on V & B-Mayenne had to make a very great effort to reassemble them by 20 knots of wind so that after that he had “no real strength. It was really hot. »Or cold, if we take into account the temperature of the water in this area of the globe.
Bestaven widens the gap … while sleeping
Apart from that, everything is leading the Vendée Globe for Yannick Bestaven. The skipper on Maître Coq IV, who benefits from bonus hours on arrival, plus the luxury of getting miles back from Charlie Dalin while sleeping. “I slept like never before yesterday,” Bestaven almost boasts. And while sleeping, I grabbed 20 miles on Charlie. It works for me to take a nap! The wind did not move an iota, the boat was on its own. »A precious station wagon for friend Yannick after the grueling passage of Cape Horn and the maneuvers to come to avoid the wind holes. Because 210 miles ahead of the dolphin, that’s a lot and a little at the same time.