They are pulling the plug. Tirelessly. As if the Covid-19 had not existed. Or rather to piss him off and demonstrate that sport will emerge victorious. Figureheads of the Drheam Cup, an event created in 2016 by Jacques Civilise and which is celebrating its third edition, the Flying Ultims have already reached the highest point of their 750-mile course between Cherbourg-en-Cotentin and La Trinidad-sur-Mer. And it was the crew of the Ultim Edmond de Rothschild who narrowly took the lead this Monday at the end of the morning at this point located between England and Ireland.
The boat of Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier (who also took Yann Eliès on board) has, at the 11:30 am, 3 small miles ahead of the Sodebo of Thomas Coville and Jean-Luc Nélias and 14 miles on the Actual Leader of Yves Le Blévec and Alex Pella, well back in contact. Suffice to say a trifle when the three flying monsters are grappling with a more than light breeze, sometimes even non-existent.
Magnificent images of the edge of # SodeboUltim3 currently engaged on the @DrheamCup! Calm conditions. The fleet is this morning heading for the crossing mark under Ireland # DRHEAMCUPpic.twitter.com / abzkHvwpeD
- Sodebo Voile (@Sodebo_Voile) July 20, 2020In the Figaro Bénéteau class, over a shorter course, 29 Figarists compete to form the largest fleet and perform a valuable rehearsal before the Solitaire du Figaro (departure scheduled for August 30). And it is the Englishman Sam Goodchild (Leyton) who leads the troop under the coasts of his country (as what playing at home can count, even in sailing) with an important mattress of 10 miles ahead of Tom Laperche (Brittany CMB espoir) and Pierre Quiroga (Skipper Macif 2019).
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