Forced to brake to repair, Charlie Dalin (Apivia) conceded a lot of ground to Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut), again leader. Just behind, Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ) is on the lookout. Higher up, the hunters navigate on sight and, armed with their cameras, deliver images of this totally incredible moment.
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Charlie Dalin and Thomas Ruyant crossed the last strong gale of the Indian Ocean and are heading for the second of the three great capes of this round the world trip, in front of a horde of pursuers worn out by the aggressive sailing conditions of the Deep South .
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Samantha Davies (Initiatives-Cœur) formalized her retirement this Saturday morning. She reached the port of Cape Town, like Alex Thomson (HUGO BOSS) the day before and Sébastien Simon (ARKÉA-PAPREC) in the middle of the afternoon.
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After many twists and turns due to tough conditions in the southwest of South Africa, Kévin Escoffier was picked up by Jean Le Cam on his Yes We Cam monohull!
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The Cape of Good Hope and the depressions of the great south are ardently desired. 19 of the 32 IMOCAs in the 9th Vendée Globe fleet are still grappling with the Saint Helena high pressure which is slowly moving east.
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Apart from racing single-handed around the world, more than a third of the skippers in the 2020-21 Vendée Globe are making an important contribution to global weather forecasting and the understanding of the health of our oceans.
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The long game of surfing and leapfrogging between the southern depressions has started for the first 15 boats of the fleet which sail downwind near the Cape of Good Hope.
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The head of the fleet and the first group of fighters will experience a radical change in sailing conditions within a few hours. Under the Saint Helena anticyclone, a good westerly flow will propel them rapidly towards the Cape of Good Hope, which has never been so aptly named…
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The skipper of Apivia played fair. His little shift downwind of LinkedOut as close as possible to the small cold front allowed him to touch a little more air than his opponent and thus take the lead of the 9am standings this morning.
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