« Every metre found towards the East is worth a lot of gold. There should be no obstacles or technical problems. He’s clearly sailing on a razor’s edge,” Charlie Dalin said yesterday,reminding him of the importance of pulling out all the stops so that he woudl not be caught in the middle of the (very) great depression that he is chasing. the MACIF Santé Prévoyance skipper finally succeeded in his bet and did not steal it because he clearly set the cursor very high covering no less than 540 miles in the last 24 hours. What does this mean for him? Simply put, he will be able to take advantage of a good wind and therefore be able to make a very solid path on the edge of the Antarctic Exclusion Zone while, at the same time, his competitors will continue to slalom on gravel slopes .
Don’t let the first one slip out too much
Sébastien Simon, who was caught by the patrol (simply put, pulled into the axis of the low pressure system) will have to increase the number of jibes along the ZEA in equal sea and wind conditions. Good news for him, though: although he doesn’t benefit as much from his southern option as Charlie, he still achieves a good operation compared to the entire small stretch that goes further north. The latter should really make an accusation the least 250 miles behind him when he reached the plateau that the Australian maritime safety authority imposed on him. That’s still, of course, half as much as charlie’s announced delay, but it’s certainly nothing. “ The goal is to go quickly to let them slip out as little as possible. », said the skipper SOGHAILTE who is fighting as best he can to cover the miles on a sea that has transformed into a bumpy surface.” These are not easy conditions. It is challenging to know how to sail and what angle the boat will take.Sometimes it goes very quickly and sometimes less. The wind has eased a bit but there is still between six and seven meters of swell. It’s great », a relative of Thomas Ruyant who alternates between a hellish climb and then a dizzying slog, like a pinball caught in a mad game.” You shouldn’t hang around because there isn’t much wind behind it », the North added that he would prefer another gift than visiting the museum of holes and humps for his Saint Nicholas, even if he is doing better in the end than some of his rivals, starting with Jérémie Beyou and Nicolas Lunven ( Holcim – PRB).
Transfer from father Fouettard?
Eaten literally by the anti-cyclone, these two are now operating in a soft wind, which does not facilitate their progress and leads skipper Charal to say that there is a risk that the note will stick as much as the sea salt under pressure: