Vendee Globe Day 22 Onboard To The Kerguelens and The Southern Ocean. Yoann, Boris, Alan, Sam G...

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Sometimes the fastest, most efficient route between two points on the Vendée Globe course, is not the shortest, most direct course. Usually it is. But occasionally something big and brutal blocks the way and prudent, avoiding action is needed, and that often means sailing more miles.

Such is the case for the leaders on the tenth edition of the solo non-stop round the world race. Now well into the Indian Ocean, a big depression Wednesday-Thursday is set to yield winds gusting in excess of 50 knots and bad, confused seas, and so avoiding action seems to the be the best option.

"It's all a bit complicated. Our goal is to position ourselves as best we can, to take this depression that is coming downwind at us and to put ourselves in winds which are negotiable,” explained Yannick Bestaven, (Maître CoQ V, today, the current Vendée Globe champion.