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Of the 39 boats still racing in the Vendée Globe, most are now out of the Doldrums and almost half are now across the Equator in the Southern Hemisphere. Thomas Ruyant, (VULNERABLE), led the fleet across last night at 19 10 hours yesterday evening. His elapsed time of 11 days 7 hours 8 minutes 15 seconds, is almost to the minute two days slower than race record outbound to the Equator, than Alex Thomson’s record time set in November 2016. And the skipper from the very north of France’s time, is actually the slowest since the 2008 race, when Loïck Peyron led over to the South Atlantic after 12 days 5 hours.

But after Ruyant slowed to deal with a technical issue, Charlie Dalin took the lead early this morning on his MACIF, Santé Prévoyance. It is the third time so far this race that Dalin has taken the lead, and he has profited nicely from his position, and the power of his boat in the trade winds reaching conditions so far.