The fleet took advantage of favourable northwest wind to progress. Their speed is 6 to 8 knots. The speed weakens on Tuesday in their ascent when beating near Antioch. They will pass the mark in the second half of the night.
Conditions:
Northwest wind force 3-4 turning north-northeast in the evening force 4. Gusts force 5. Moderate to locally slight sea. Northwest waves of nearly 1m. Increasingly unstable weather with more and more showers from the afternoon. Good visibility.
Wednesday the 12th of May
The fleet progress towards Birvideaux on the fringe of the low-pressure system centred from southwest to northeast France. Boats are progressing in a moderate northeast wind weakening in the north, at the approach of mark in the evening and night.
Conditions:
Northeast wind force 4 with gusts force 5 in the morning, gradually weakening to force three in the afternoon and turning north. Once the mark is passed, conditions rapid down winding to La Rochelle with northeast wind force 4 in the second half of the night. Moderate to locally slight sea. Northwest waves around 50 cm.
Predominant bright intervals. Good visibility.
Thursday the 13th of May
Low pressure system should move rapidly eastward along with the rise of a ridge of high pressure in the west of Brittany in the morning and in the north of Biscay in the afternoon before collapsing in the evening La Rochelle.
This evolution gives north light wind, moderate in the northwest, until the arrival of La Rochelle. Moderate to locally slight sea in the evening.
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