Continuing our analysis of the weather faced by the IMOCA boats competing in the Transat Jacques Vabre, Christian Dumard looks at the contest between those who opted for the South and those that went out to the West.
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As each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the IMOCA class gives a chance for the weather analysts and onshore routers to tell us about how they see the race in the IMOCA category to allow us to understand the strategy adopted by the sailors and their positions out on the water.
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Many of the biggest names in offshore sailing will be among the 59 boats and 118 crew that cross the start line of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre today at 13:15 (French time) and begin their 4,350-mile race to Salvador de Bahia in Brazil.
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Routing is not allowed in the Transat Jacques Vabre for the skippers in the IMOCA class, but that does not mean to say that the weather experts are not watching the race and studying the charts… We therefore decided to let these weather specialists and routers express themselves.
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The countdown to the start of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre – the world’s longest and toughest two-handed transatlantic sailing race – officially started on Friday with all bar one of the 60 boats entered having moored safely in the Bassin Paul Vatine by the 2pm deadline.
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