Yesterday’s day caused damage to the Vendée Globe fleet. Some favorites lost a lot of time compared to the frontrunners or, like Jérémy Beyou, had to turn back to repair their boat.
As the wind has significantly weakened, the sailors of the Vendée Globe will be able to take a breather in the coming hours. However, the storms Poseidon and Aeolus are expected to once again intensify the race in the North Atlantic. The majority of the fleet finds itself west of the Portuguese coast. Alexia Barrier admitted that she was “right in the thick of it” for the first time in this race. “It was a bit of a war but everything is fine on board,” the Maralpine sailor confided once the disturbances had passed. During this time, the gap between her and the front of the race stabilized without taking great risks. “I rested at the beginning of the night, took some naps, ate a little. I know it’s necessary to be more active with such conditions rather than suffer through them. I’m still eager for this to end so we can glide a bit.”
Last night the competitors faced wind gusts of up to 90 km/h. Quite extreme conditions that could return very soon with the arrival of the depression named Theta, which will force the sailors to head west to catch as much favorable wind as possible.
In last night’s rankings, it was Charlie Dalin who was in the lead. Alexia still has 23,790 nautical miles to complete her first Vendée!
