Sailing: a dismasting for Dutreux, a duel for Beyou and Ruyant, a great battle for the Figarists

Bermuda 1000 Breed

No downtime for this great 1000-mile loop reserved for Imoca monohulls (those of the Vendée Globe). After the first hours in light conditions, Sunday following the start of Brest, everything accelerated for the thirteen Imoca who fought a great battle until the first mark of the course located about 200 miles southwest of the Pointe Bretagne, before heading towards the rock of Fastnet. And it was the monohull For People by Thomas Ruyant and Morgan Lagravière that rolled the Irish lighthouse in the lead less than 3 minutes ahead of the Charal of Jérémie Beyou and Franck Cammas. The For the Planet of Sam Goodchild and Antoine Koch has turned in third position and is forty miles behind the leader and team partner who proves all his potential for his very first race. Another new boat, the Paprec Arkéa of Yoann Richomme and Yann Eliès is a little less than 60 miles behind, while the monohull freelance.com of Guirec Soudée and Corentin Douguet experienced major damage with the breakage of its end outside.

The Ocean Race

Also contested in an IMOCA monohull, the round-the-world trip in crews with stopovers will know the outcome of the fourth stage, this Wednesday in Newport (United States). The night from Monday to Tuesday was marked by bad weather conditions that caused the dismasting of the boat Guyot Environnement - Team Europe. "The boat hit a wave and the mast fell... It's a hard blow for a small team like us," said Benjamin Dutreux, not injured, who managed to secure his sailboat with his teammates but lost the mast, sails and cables. "The situation is not simple. We would like to go to Newport on the engine but currently the conditions are very bad. Up close, under makeshift rigging, it seems indeed difficult to reach the state of Rhode Island, "said the sailor who is thinking of joining the port of Halifax, Canada, or being assisted by a tug boat to the United States. Fourth at the time of his damage, Dutreux had to let slip 11th Hour Racing Team (Charlie Enright) and Team Malizia (Boris Herrmann), who lead the dance after 16 days of racing ahead of Biotherm (Paul Meilhat) relegated to more than 180 miles, while Team Holcim PRB (Kevin Escoffier), the leader of the general classification, is also out of the race after a dismasting last week.

Paprec deckchair

The battle rages on the Transat Paprec (Concarneau-Saint-Barthélemy) contested in Figaro Bénéteau 3. They are only 11 mixed duos in the race, but that does not prevent them, on the contrary, from having a great time as they have just passed under the 2000-mile mark separating them from the finish in the West Indies. Long leaders, Loïs Berrehar and Charlotte Yven (Skipper Macif) left the controls to Gaston Morvan and Anne-Claire Le Berre (Brittany Region CMB – Performance), who were the first to help out on Monday to put south on their way. This Tuesday, in the 16pm classification, the Morvan-Le Berre tandem is 13 miles ahead of their dolphins and 19 miles ahead of Corentin Horeau and Pauline Courtois (Mutuelle Bleue). As summarized on the race website, the current goal for the duos is to find the right angle and hit as much wind as possible. To go to Saint-Barth in a cavalcade that is far from having delivered its verdict.