Vendee Globe Day 32 Onboard. Leaders at Half Way The Fleet Back in the Angry Southern Ocean. more

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While Charlie Dalin, (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), the race leader, is due to pass into the Pacific this evening or tonight, and also cross the theoretical half way point of the 23,890 nautical miles course for the Vondée Globe 10th edition, way far to his west, – nearer the Kerguelen Islands, – skippers in the second half of the 38 boat fleet, are struggling with robust conditions generated by a tough low pressure system.

Three sailors who ventured further south, – all Vondée Globe race rookies, – have suffered various sail, or sail related damage. Guirec Soudée, (Freelance), suffered damage to his J 2 in the wild conditions, and is considering shelter in the Kerguelens to repair it, Antoine Cornic, (HUMAN Immobilier), pulled some cars out, and damaged his mast track, and also needs shelter to make some kind of fix, and Tanguy Le Turquais, (Lazare), also has sail damage.

In contrast the line of skippers who have stayed in the north have been able to straight line more directly east, led by 18th placed, Isa Joschke, (MACSF), with the wily old fox Jean Le Cam, (Tout commence en Finistère Armor-lux), but they too are going to see big winds,