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After the spectacular flight of Saint-Malo, and before the arrival of Dantesque conditions, Armel Le Cléac'h was the first to put the flashing light for a repair in Roscoff.
They enjoyed it well. And they were right, because it was not going to last. A bluish sky, fifteen knots south and a sea rather wise. Ideal conditions, Sunday at 2 pm, to smoke the bows. And the Ultimate Route rum did not hesitate to ensure the show. By putting the misery to most boats and stars spectators who could not follow their furious pace. In front of the hundreds of thousands of spectators agglutinated on the Malouine coast, the monsters of 32 meters did not take long to fly above the waves. And left speechless those who saw them spinning at more than 30 knots (55 km / h), while leaving on site the 118 other sailboats of this 11th edition.
"A minor repair on the onboard energy system"
People's Bank
The first sprint between the Pointe du Grouin and Cap Fréhel (17 miles) has probably prefigured what awaits the five skippers at the helm of their technological jewel to Pointe à Pitre. Armel Le Cléac'h (Banque Populaire) was the fastest on the starting line, he was quickly overtaken by Sébastien Josse (Edmond de Rothschild), Fréhel 1st (in 34 minutes) and François Gabart (Macif ), 2nd just a minute behind. Francis Joyon (Idec) and Thomas Coville (Sodebo) pbaded the door a little delayed, without seeing Gabart take the lead enjoying a maneuver Josse. At 17:30, while François Gabart led the dance at over 30 knots, a statement fell announcing a stop of Armel Le Cléac'h in Roscoff for "a minor repair on the energy system on board". The winner of the last Vendée Globe took only 35 minutes to repair before resuming the race.
Thanks to the determination of the whole team, Armel has just returned to the race after an express stop in Roscoff ⛵️ #AllezArmel
– Sailing Bank Pop (@VoileBanquePop) November 4, 2018
Waves of 8 meters
No abandonment so the skipper of Banque Populaire but confirmation that the naval battle will be risky until the arrival in Guadeloupe, announced possibly from Saturday. Six days to cross the Atlantic? A dream for all the other 2018 Rum boats which, unlike the giant and flying trimarans, are going to have a huge storm on their way to the sun. If a first disturbance was announced on Sunday evening on the route of the fleet by meteorologists Meteo Consult, a much more nasty is scheduled for the night of Monday to Tuesday in the terrible Bay of Biscay. With 40-knot southwest winds, 55-knot gusts and eight-meter waves, the weather monster scares sailors, including small boats. Even before the departure, some suddenly announced that they intended to take refuge in a port. A rare but cautious decision. "I booked in a tapas bar in Spain, laughed Loïck Peyron, aboard his small yellow trimaran 12 meters (the equivalent of the winner of the 1st edition in 1978). I would not mind stopping. You have to know how to do it, which was not known in 2002 (a hecatomb edition for multihulls). It's not going to be funny but it's part of the game. We're not on vacation … "
"I have already experienced that, which worries me. It's tingling in the head "
Kito de Pavant
Kito de Pavant (Made in Midi), 3rd Clbad 40 Frehel (with an hour late on Josse), was little more rebadured: "Beyond the wind, it is especially the sea and crossed that will be difficult to pbad with our small boats. I have already experienced this, which worries me. It's tense in the head. "
So besides the pit stop in a port, solutions exist to "take less," as Yann Eliès (Ucar St-Michel), 4th in Fréhel sur sin Imoca behind Vincent Riou (PRB) and Jérémie Beyou ( Charal): "The question is to choose if you want to face 5, 6, 7 or 8 meters of sea. The further you go to the east, the less you have sea but the further you go from the direct route ". That leading to Guadeloupean fervor promises to be particularly dangerous. The ti-punch will be better.
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