Globe Day Vendée 78: Diving dice

Globe Day Vendée 78: Diving dice

by Vendée Globe 24 January 15:27 EST
24 January 2021

Less than 1000 nautical miles to the end of the ninth edition of the Vendée Globe in Les Sables d’Olonne and still too close to the call, especially as Saint Malo maverick Louis Burton took the race lead from Charlie Dalin at the end of the morning this morning.

Burton, 35, who finished seventh on the last edition of the Vendée Globe was said to have headed just over five nautical miles from captain Apvia Dalin. As the gybes leaders parted ways today, Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ IV) was in fifth place to pick a route north, trying to sail up to hook into the stronger winds in a low pressure system . He sailed more miles but could get into Les Sables d’Olonne faster from the north.

Boris Herrmann of Germany, in third place, went about 1000 hours UTC this morning and Burton about 90 minutes later left Dalin to sail a little further east before also turning Apivia north, finally on to his favorite port jibe. For the first time in nine days or more the most consistent leader in the race will be able to pick up his fully functional starboard foil.

With a strong focus and largely hiding the obvious climbing pressure as he tries the free race, the worst of the top five turns into a great race victory Dalin said on the This daily video call, “I’m looking forward to getting on to a jibe port for use with starboard foil and doing a few distances that show the true potential of my ship.” Bearing in mind that he could only take line honors but was used by one of the two closest skippers who has time compensation, when asked if his fate was still in his hands he replied, “ It depends on what others do so well. But I can’t sail as best I can and we’ll see how it ends. Boris is very close to me but the journey is still long, it ‘s still open, but once I’m on port I will be able to be fast again. ”

The dependence on the shoreline – which is built even more on the water – is greater because there are significant differences in timing and evolution of the main weather features that the main models expect, such as expert Christian Dumard today saw, “The main weather models used by the skippers in this area (GFS, ECMWF and Arpege) do not all give the same results. There is still a great deal of uncertainty. for the result of this race. ”

Charlie Dalin and fourth man Thomas Ruyant both change their tracks to account for the damage they have done to their port releases while others select the most suitable options and angles for lost or missing sails. the damage.

The lateral separation between Bestaven and Dalin was already more than 500 miles this afternoon.

The captain from La Rochelle who led the race back up the South Atlantic over 420 miles sailing more miles but spends more time faster in the strong winds and may still return to the podium, especially since it carries 10 hours 15 minutes of compensation time.

Dumard concludes, “The wind blows in the morning on the 27th on the Bay of Biscay with a small ridge passing by so it is still very difficult to predict a potential winner. be there or even on a detailed ETA on the 27th day for the first boats. ”

Captain’s Confidence

Captain Damien Seguin of Groupe APICIL had opted for less communication over the past few days and more focus on his race. Lying seventh Seguin got to get around Azores High School with a clean, smooth path before he was one of the first to make a jibe north. His performance on the Finot Conq design has not been largely unfunded since 2008, although it was finished and augmented with advice and assistance from Jean Le Cam and Yoanne Richomme, it has been, quite surprisingly, a mix of driving. Amazing and guile.

The left-handed multi-Paralympic champion has done enough to be proud of his performance, he smiled broadly in the morning, saying on a dodgy video link, “No one thought a boat with dagger just to be in this position “.

Seguion then revealed that he has not kept sails down since entering the Minch! “I try to manage as best I can. It’s been a month since it’s been like that!”

In the final sprint his goal is in the sixth or better, especially trying to get ahead of Itallan Giancarlo Pedote who is racing a VPLP-Verdier foiling design that finished fifth on the final race in the hands of Jean Pierre Dick.

Good news for pipes

Speaking on England’s live show today Medallia CEO Leslie Stretch, Pip Hare’s supporter, expressed his delight with the return of the England skipper project and the US-based Silicon Valley company.

Joining Hare’s 18th place he said, “What now Pip? Let’s end up and go buy for a new boat will we do that? We’ll do that!” , Hare replied: “I have learned so much from this race. This was always going out and establishing where I was. To take this boat and race the way I do in the this race has just been reaffirmed I definitely want to come back in 2024 with a newer ship and be in front of the fleet, so much I learned, so much I could do better I like the way opportunities come up and keep coming up, and now I’m struggling with being a straight line sailing and I have the competition But who would have thought that I could still have 75 days to compete with fraudulent boats.Every second is dio g of this race has been an amazing opportunity and I am so excited for 2024. It is amazing. ”

Alexia Barrier was approaching Cape Horn this afternoon due to an early afternoon round but despite 40kts a gale was caught in the minute while Ari Huusela is only 20 miles behind him and should to him about 90 minutes later.

Boundary monitoring

At 200 miles from the finish line, the race detectors are updated every 30 minutes and then every 5 minutes from 60 miles from the crossing.

Note compensation times

A credible return of time for three skippers after they crossed the finish line.

• Boris Herrmann (SeaExplorer – Yacht Club de Monaco): 6 hour compensation
• Yannick Bestaven (Maître-CoQ): 10 hours and 15 minutes compensation
• Jean le Cam (Yes We Cam!): 16 hours and 15 minutes ago

Rates at 17H00 UTC:

Pos	Sail No.	Name of skipper / boat	DTF (nm)	DTL (nm)
1	FRA 18	Louis Burton / Vallée Bureau 2	987.1	0
2	FRA 79	Charles Dalin / APIVIA	999.7	12.7
3	MON 10	Boris Herrmann / Seaexplorer – Yacht Club De Monaco	1036.6	49.5
4	FRA 59	Thomas Ruyant / LinkedOut	1116	129
5	FRA 17	Yannick Bestaven / Maître Coq IV	1249.1	262.1
6	ITA 34	Giancarlo Pedian / Prysmian Group	1306.1	319
7	FRA 1000	Damien Seguin / Groupe APICIL	1307.2	320.1
8	FRA 01	Jean Le Cam / Tha sinn Cam!	1571.3	584.2
9	FRA 09	Benjamin Dutreux / OMIA – Water Family	1652.2	665.2
10	FRA 53	Maxime Sorel / V And B Mayenne	1883.2	896.1
11	FRA 02	Armel Tripon / L’Occitane in Provence	2003.5	1016.4
12	FRA 30	Cremer Clarisse / Banque Populaire X.	2470.7	1483.7
13	FRA 49	Romain Attanasio / Pure – Best Western Hotels & Resorts	3088.5	2101.4
14	FRA 8	Jérémie Beyou / Charal	3380.4	2393.3
15	FRA 14	Arnaud Boissieres / La Mie Câline – Artisans Artipôle	4063.2	3076.1
16	SUI 7	Alan Roura / La Fabrique	4134	3146.9
17	FRA 92	Stéphane With Diraison / Time for oceans	4274.3	3287.2
18	GBR 777	Pip Hare / Medallia	4284.4	3297.4
19	JPN 11	Kojiro Shiraishi / DMG MORI Global One	4308.2	3321.1
20	ESP 33	Didac Costa / One planet one bay	4459.7	3472.6
21	FRA 71	Manuel Cousin / Groupe Sétin	5105.5	4118.4
22	FRA 83	Clément Giraud / Compagnie du lit – Jiliti	5184.1	4197
23	FRA 50	Miranda Merron / Campagne de France	5194.6	4207.5
24	FRA 72	Alexia / TSE barrier – 4myplanet	7073.5	6086.4
25	FIN 222	Ari Huusela / Stark	7098.5	6111.4
RET	FRA 69	Sébastien Destremau / Merci
RET	FRA 27	Isabelle Joschke / MACSF
RET	FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo / Newrest – Art et Fenetres
RET	FRA 109	Samantha Davies / Initiatives – Coeur
RET	FRA 4	Sébastien Simon / ARKEA PAPREC
RET	GBR 99	Alex Thomson / HUGO BOSS
RET	FRA 85	Kevin Escoffier / PRB
RET	FRA 6	Nicolas Troussel / CORUM L’Épargne

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