Solitaire du Figaro: The Breton point in the viewfinder

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It's cold, it's long, but we're getting closer to the goal.

The wind is not very stable but it could be worse.

I still did two nice 360 ​​° that night.

I took the spinnaker in the head with 11 knots of headwind.

Fortunately I was at the helm.

But this wind is more unstable because of the huge swell.

Otherwise, that's pretty decent.

The fact that it is stronger than expected is more reassuring for me, even if I do not see Xavier Macaire (SNEF Group).

But I found Tom Laperche (Bretagne CMB Performance).

“I sleep, I sleep, but the body is recovering less well than before. At times it flounders in the semolina, especially when you wake up. When you come out of your deep sleep phase. These nights at sea are starting to be very long, especially since the sun is taking a long time to arrive. It doesn't help your brain to function. I will not advance on a time and date of arrival. As long as we can move forward like that towards the Iroise Sea, that's good, but I'm afraid that after having passed the Breton point, something will happen. For the moment, I have chosen the option of going offshore, 15 miles from the Raz de Sein, to avoid any disturbance. Now I'm going to start doing compared to my two little podium buddies. I hope they will come together and be good. "

My room is tidy, the boat is clean, everything is fine. I make a good option below. This night and at this time, we have to manage the oscillations of the wind. The boat is moving fairly quickly, I am not very satisfied. I have phases where I have to helm. I have trouble resting to move the boat forward, I get caught up by my friends, it's difficult to navigate. I have to be on top of it to move it forward.

We have a

wind which oscillates quite a bit, sometimes 30 ° and a big swell which pushes us. A swell a little disproportionate compared to the force of the wind. It is not easy to have an average setting. We have between 7 and 15 knots of wind. In the middle of the night it was unpleasant, there was a lot of humidity. We haven't had a big windfall yet since the Fastnet, at the weakest we had 5 knots for 30 minutes, just enough to inflate the spinnaker.

This race is intense with a lot of wind shifts. I played well after the Fastnet, I'm happy with my placement. The boat is going fast but I have to be in constant observation, with small adjustments, to refine. It's a good group around me, I'm very happy, I've worked well, worked a lot since the start. I don't want to let go even though I'm tired. I'm not sure what to expect towards the tip of Brittany. I still don't see very clearly, maybe we will have a northwesterly wind. I'm looking forward to the 9am weather forecast to see it more clearly.