Already one less favorite in the Transat Jacques Vabre. Louis Burton and Davy Beaudart's “Bureau Vallée” boat, considered one of the favorites in the Imoca category, suffered damage overnight from Sunday to Monday, after less than a day of racing. Around midnight, while they were sailing between the Pointe du Cotentin and Guernsey, the two men were victims of a dismasting. For a few hours, nothing more was known about this racing incident. But it turns out that the two browsers are not injured. “Ten hours after the Grand Départ and when we were second in the fleet, our imoca Bureau Vallée dismasted,” explains the duo via their Twitter account. Davy and I are safe and sound. We are well. More information will be forthcoming within the next few hours. "
10 hours after the Grand Départ and when we were 2nd in the fleet, our #IMOCA Bureau Vallée dismasted.
Davy and I are safe and sound.
We are well.
More information will be forthcoming within the next few hours.
#TransatJacquesVabre
📷 Vincent Curutchet pic.twitter.com/d63XYGeFsn
- Louis Burton (@LouisBurtonOff) November 7, 2021
The race conditions remain complicated for all the competitors.
Without wind and with a contrary current, it is difficult to progress and to extricate oneself from Breton waters.
This morning, at the 5 o'clock in the morning session, Franck Cammas (Edmond de Rothschild) thus recognized it.
“Since the middle of the night, we stopped facing the current, we even started backing up so we backed up.
We were with SVR - Lazartigue and Banque Populaire XI.
We will try to go through the north of Ouessant and there we try to bypass but we are stopped again.
With this strong current against us, we have not managed to make any real progress.
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This Monday at eight o'clock, here is the provisional classification of the race:
Ultimate:
François Gabart and Tom Laperche (SVR-Lazartigue)
Ocean Fifty:
Thibaut Vauchel-Camus and Frédéric Duthil (Solidaires en Peloton - Arsep)
Imoca:
Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat (Apivia)
Class40:
Nicolas Jossier and Alexis Loison (La Manche #evidencenautique)
