The leaders are on course for La Coruña! The Class40s are also grappling with a confusing situation, where they have to deal with light and very unstable winds against a swell: "We just stopped in a wind pocket. "With 2 knots and heavy seas, the pilot is lost," explained Corentin Douguet this morning on "Donate to SNSM.org," happy to know he's still in the lead but admitting that "breakfast was somewhat spoiled" the Normandy-based SeaFrigo Sogestran, 300 meters abeam!" Guillaume Pirouelle and Cédric Chateau made a very good comeback last night, and it's in a match race that these two boats are looking to escape the ridge of high pressure. "Usually, we ooint up and gybe. This is a little different; we're going to tack to head directly towards La Coruña once the easterly wind returns," said Corentin Douguet.
While six competitors are still hanging around in the English Channel, the top five are within five miles of each other. Suffice to say, nothing is certain, because with the remnants of the stormy low set to die off over northern Spain, the arrival in La Coruña is shaping up to be a major mess with very unpredictable breezes. The ETA of the first competitors in the Galician port is expected between 8 and 10 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday.
Source : TRANSAT CAFÉ L'OR LE HAVRE-NORMANDIE
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