Charlie Dalin was the first to pass the gate located in the south-east of Iceland last night in the Arctic Vendée.
The skipper of Apivia reached the course mark at 2h23'20''.
His first pursuer, Jérémie Beyou, arrived a little less than four hours later (6:04 a.m.) on Charal.
Remember that the race management decided to neutralize the race due to a deterioration in the weather.
The objective is to shelter the sailors during the passage of a depression with crosswinds at 35-40 knots and gusts to more than 50 knots.
Thursday, she had already reduced the course by canceling the tour of Iceland planned by the north.
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Bypassing Iceland was impossible,
explains Romain Attanasio (Fortinet-Best Western)
.
We wondered when the race direction was going to make this decision.
It looked hot there.
It's almost warmer there because we're going to be in a hell of a storm.
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Neutralization is a choice of the organization.
I haven't analyzed what this entails for the whole fleet but there is too much sea, it could endanger the skippers.
All security-related choices are good choices
,” said Giancarlo Pedote (Prysmian Group).
“
We shouldn't send the boats to the breakers and I think it's a good decision,
confirms Antoine Cornic (EBAC Literie), 43 years old and new to Imoca
.
I'm doing all the checks to prepare for the fight that awaits us.
Otherwise, I have a fuel cap that popped off and emptied out the back.
I still have a smell of diesel on the boat... It's a 'trawler' atmosphere!
I am living a waking dream about an extraordinary machine
”.
