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Solitaire du Figaro: Laperche still in front as the Scilly approach

2022-08-23T07:49:48.693Z


At 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, Tom Laperche was still leading the Solitaire du Figaro fleet on the way to the Isles of Scilly, in south-west England. The leader...


At 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday, Tom Laperche was still leading the Solitaire du Figaro fleet on the way to the Isles of Scilly, in south-west England.

The leader was making slow progress (5.5 knots) in light airs (6.5 knots of wind).

The skipper of

Région Bretagne-CMB

Performance was 1.3 miles ahead of Tom Dolan (

Smurfit Kappa-Kingspan

).

This was followed by Alan Roberts (

Seacat Services

, +3), Corentin Horeau (

Mutuelle Bleue

, +3) and Loïs Berrehar (

Skipper Macif 2022

, +3.1).

Remember that the race management decided on Monday to shorten the course by 85 miles to allow the 34 skippers not to reach Port-la-Forêt too late before the start of the 2nd stage on Sunday.

The sailors will not go as far as the Island of Skokholm (Wales).

A reel buoy has been placed further south in the Celtic Sea.

Source: lefigaro

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