Forced to fight with huge packets of algae, the Figarists develop an infallible technique (video)

It is the plague of the Atlantic Ocean. Sargassum, these bundles of seaweed that drift in the open sea hundreds of kilometers from the coast. The Figarists of the double-handed Transat cannot escape them and the pins of their Figaro Bénéteau 3 keep fishing, which slows down their progress. So to get rid of it, they developed an (almost) infallible technique. They throw a line in front of the boat which wraps around the keel. All you have to do is shoot. And the seaweed bundle is gone. Until the next one… “It's a Transat with equal seaweed,” laughed Gildas Mahé. Pierre Quiroga and Erwan Le Draoulec (Macif) demonstrated their ingenuity in getting rid of bulky algae in a mood video ...

This Monday, at 9:10 p.m., the duo Pierre Leboucher-Thomas Rouxel is still leading the way (GUYOT Environnement - Ruban Rose), 1,164 miles from the finish, the first five being in just over 20 miles.

The first five at 9.10 p.m. this Monday, May 24:

1. Pierre Leboucher / Thomas Rouxel (GUYOT Environnement - Ruban Rose), 1164 miles from the finish

2. Tom Laperche / Loïs Berrehar (Bretagne - CMB Performance), 3.9 miles behind the leaders

3. Gildas Mahé / Tom Dolan (Breizh Cola), 8.9 miles behind the leaders

4. Fabien Delahaye / Anthony Marchand (Gilbert Group), 14.9 miles behind the leaders

5. Martin Le Pape / Yann Eliès (Keep the Sight), 21.4 miles behind the leaders

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