On the third day of the race, Charles Caudrelier (“Maxi-Edmond-de-Rothschild”) and François Gabart (“SVR-Lazartigue”) have detached themselves and no longer let go.
By Jean-Louis Le Touzet
On the third day of the Route du Rhum, Saturday, November 12, reading the race clears in mind. Charles Caudrelier (Edmond-de-Rothschild) and François Gabart (SVR-Lazartigue) have come off and no longer let go. The four -hour penalty inflicted on Charles Caudrelier for having bitten the starting line was suspended by the international jury on Friday. The EDMOND-DE-ROTHSCHILD maxi-trimaran team has provided proof that the boat had not cut the line before the cannon.
Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque-Populaire-Xe), who was playing equal with Edmond-de-Rothschild and Svr-Lazartigue, was dismissed from the battle after his stop in Lorient, Thursday evening, on breakage of A carrier plan under the central shell. The Route du Rhum refuses to the Finistère skipper. In 2016, he was injured by hand. Loïck Peyron replaces him at the raised foot, and wins. In 2018, his trimaran dislocated in the Atlantic. The Cléac’h takes the road on Saturday for the plume: “It’s part of the sport to finish, if we can. Finish, in the best possible way, would decrease the current disappointment.”
A cold and static cold front blocked on Friday evening the entrance to the Azores of the Azores. Thomas Coville (Sobedo) has difficulty finding the “key” to sneak? In any case, he progresses closer to the direct road.
“chess game”
For the first two, it will be necessary to put a little “south” in the road before under starboard features (the wind blowing from the right) to go and get the trade winds. This first “door” crossed by Caudrelier and Gabart should give them an advance on the group of pursuers led by Thomas Coville, Francis Joyon (IDEC-Sport), whose boat is not “flying”, and Yves Blevec ( News), which returns in the match after a difficult start to race. “We are talking about sprint on rum, a little wrongly, because basically, it is first how the duration is organized. The game has been like a chess game since [Friday] evening, because It favors the ability to concentrate solitary that have not been spared. And behind, the elastic will be stretched, “explains Fred Le Petrec, Régatier and” Tourdumondiste “.
On the Ocean Fifty side, the 50 -foot multihulls (15 meters), their race is compact. The former progress below (the look closest to the wind bed) in a medium time with a slight advantage for Quentin Vlamynck (Arkema). Note the return at the head of the Malouin Thibault Vauchel-Camus on Saturday morning and the excellent navigation of Armel Tripon which, on a demanding but comfortable boat, slips into the head of the head.
In Imoca, Charlie Dalin Magistral
Is it again necessary to say that Charlie Dalin (Apivia), in Imoca, flies over his art on his 2019 monohull? Perfect balance, capacity to accelerate closely without ever losing course: masterful. At the bearer, in a few days, his superb should melt somewhat.
A single skipper, the Normand Louis Duc (Fives-Lantana Environnement), chose, as soon as it leaves the Channel a West road, closer to the direct road. You needed a big heart to go. Or a small dose of dinguerie? In any case, absolute confidence in its IMOCA from 2006: 40 knots up and especially the sea (6 meters of hollow sometimes). Saturday morning, he was reluctant on the direct road.
Finally, on the side of the Class40, the road will be poorly paved in any way until the goal. The fleet, Saturday morning, is led by Corentin Douguet, Xavier Macaire and Luke Berry. She will not escape the two (three?) Depressions in the coming days. The West Indian arc is still far for this 12 -meter boats class whose level of performance of the first ten in front is amazing. There are nine abandonments on Saturday morning.