The sailors are doing well but their race is already over.
Just ten hours after the start of the Transat Jacques Vabre, Louis Burton and Davy Beaudart dismasted aboard
Bureau Vallée 3
when they were in 2nd position with the Imoca in the English Channel.
“
Davy and I are safe and sound.
We're doing well,
”said Louis Burton, who is heading for Roscoff with his co-skipper.
3rd in the last Vendée Globe, the Malouin took part in his first transatlantic at the helm of his new
Bureau Vallée 3
boat
, the former L
'Occitane en Provence
of Armel Tripon launched in 2020 and bought after the round-the-world trip.
François Gabart and Tom Laperche (SVR Lazartigue) are currently leading the fleet with a very short lead among Ultim maxi-trimarans who are struggling to move forward in the calm ahead of Ouessant.