2010/05/06

Less than 30 miles from the finish line at 8:00 am.


Nicolas Boidevezi, that was in the lead for a long time overnight, slipped in second position in the late night. And Jorg Riechers took the lead one more time. They are both neck and neck, the German is only 1.64 miles before NIcolas... Just behind them, the amazing Thomas Normand. Two sailors to monitor in 4th and 5th positions, Montagne and David, both of them, discover their boats. One on Olivier Avram's Finot design and the other on Stéphane Le Diraison's Manuard design.
As expected, the speeds now tease 6 knots. The award for best speed between the last two positioning goes to Thomas Normand with 10.33 knots! Thomas and Lucas Montagne seem to have found a vein of wind that allows them to slide faster than the others.

On the Series side, same version. Xavier Macaire is still leading and he is 10.8 miles from Jonas Gerckens. Their speeds are 7 / 8 knots, and they are 15 miles behind the first prototype. Xavier was 42 miles away from the finish line at 8:00 am (local time). Benoit Laurière is 3rd, Robert Rosen Jacobson is 4th and Amaury François is 5th.