At the 9 a.m. check-in on Thursday morning, Franck Cammas and Charles Caudrelier were still leading the fleet of Ultim maxi-trimarans on the Transat Jacques Vabre.
Edmond de Rothschild was
spinning at 32 knots up the Atlantic towards the second course mark, San Pedro and San Paulo, which they will have to leave to port before heading for Martinique with a second passage of the Doldrums. black. Armel Le Cléac'h and Kevin Escoffier (
Banque Populaire XI
) are far behind (+383 miles). According to the latest routings, Cammas and Caudrelier could arrive in Fort-de-France the first next Tuesday, before the leaders at Ocean Fifty. In this category, Sébastien Rogues and Matthieu Souben (
Primonial
) are still ahead with 54 miles ahead of Sam Goodchild and Aymeric Chappellier (
Leyton
) new 2nd.
Erwan Le Roux and Xavier Macaire (
Koesio
) are 3rd (+55.5).
In Imoca,
LinkedOut, Apivia
and
Charal
are now in the Doldrums.
Thomas Rouillard and Morgan Lagravière keep control but have slowed down sharply (8 knots), around fifty miles ahead of Jérémie Beyou and Christopher Pratt.
Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat are still 3rd (+57).
In Class40, Jonas Gerckens and Benoît Hantzperg (
Volvo
) lead the fleet towards Cape Verde, 13 miles ahead of Antoine Carpentier and Pablo Santurde Del Arco (
Redman
).