Vendée Globe, day 33

10/12/2020

Vendée Globe, day 33

The Vendée Globe’s leading duo Charlie Dalin and Thomas Ruyant are into a period of quieter winds as they recover from the big Indian Ocean storm which hit them on Tuesday night with gusts to 55 knots of wind and big seas.

Southern Ocean first timer Dalin, 35, admitted this morning that he felt he and his boat had been very close to their limits and that at times he has turned down the wind fields on his navigation systems as the sea of red on the screen was only making him more anxious.

But the rewards for their caution, care and seamanship seems to be a relatively straightforward passage to Cape Leeuwin where Dalin expects to pass between Sunday night and Monday.

“I feel like I have earned my Southern Ocean spurs” chuckled Dalin who had never raced south of Itajai, Brazil before this race.

The leading pair on their Verdier designed IMOCAs are 214 nautical miles apart this Thursday afternoon, both making less than 12 knots in lighter airs with less than 1000 miles to make to the race’s second Great Cape.

Holding third this afternoon is Yannick Bestaven on Maître CoQ whose speed, composure and smooth strategies are proving a match for Louis Burton who is ten miles behind. Remember that Bestaven, Boris Herrmann (SeaExplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) and Jean Le Cam (Yes We Cam!) Have yet to be allocated their time allocation – redress – for the time and distance lost by them during and subsequent to their efforts to rescue Kevin Escoffier.

Luck has never favored Swiss skipper Bernard Stamm’s efforts to complete the Vendée Globe. He started four times and has never been credited with a finish time.

Stamm paid tribute today to 46 years old English skipper Pip Hare, and to his compatriot Alan Roura for their efforts racing the IMOCA Superbigou that he built on a tight, hand to mouth budget for the 2000 race. Sadly, I had to retire early in the 2000 edition.

Rankings at 17H00 UTC:

Pos	Sail No	Skipper / Boat Name	DTF (nm)	DTL (nm)
1	FRA 79	Charlie Dalin / APIVIA	14349.8	0
2	FRA 59	Thomas Ruyant / LinkedOut	14548.6	198.8
3	FRA 17	Yannick Bestaven / Maître Coq IV	14613.3	263.4
4	FRA 18	Louis Burton / Bureau Vallée 2	14653	303.2
5	FRA 09	Benjamin Dutreux / OMIA ‑ Water Family	14664.7	314.9
6	FRA 01	Jean Le Cam / Yes we Cam !	14685.5	335.7
7	FRA 1000	Damien Seguin / Groupe APICIL	14708.3	358.5
8	MON 10	Boris Herrmann / Seaexplorer ‑ Yacht Club De Monaco	14722.1	372.3
9	FRA 27	Isabelle Joschke / MACSF	14798.3	448.5
10	ITA 34	Giancarlo Pedote / Prysmian Group	14847.4	497.5
11	FRA 53	Maxime Sorel / V And B Mayenne	14966.6	616.8
12	FRA 49	Romain Attanasio / Pure ‑ Best Western Hotels and Resorts	15226	876.1
13	FRA 30	Clarisse Cremer / Banque Populaire X	15344.6	994.8
14	FRA 02	Armel Tripon / L’Occitane en Provence	16012.7	1662.8
15	SUI 7	Alan Roura / La Fabrique	16598.8	2248.9
16	FRA 14	Arnaud Boissieres / La Mie Câline ‑ Artisans Artipôle	16625	2275.1
17	FRA 92	Stéphane Le Diraison / Time For Oceans	16638.8	2289
18	FRA 71	Manuel Cousin / Groupe Sétin	16865.6	2515.8
19	ESP 33	Didac Costa / One Planet One Ocean	16930.3	2580.4
20	GBR 777	Pip Hare / Medallia	16990.3	2640.4
21	FRA 56	Fabrice Amedeo / Newrest ‑ Art et Fenetres	17665.8	3316
22	FRA 72	Alexia Barrier / TSE ‑ 4myplanet	17667.3	3317.5
23	FRA 50	Miranda Merron / Campagne de France	17682.3	3332.5
24	FRA 83	Clément Giraud / Compagnie du lit ‑ Jiliti	17728.9	3379.1
25	JPN 11	Kojiro Shiraishi / DMG MORI Global One	17763.1	3413.3
26	FRA 69	Sébastien Destremau / Merci	17912.5	3562.7
27	FIN 222	Ari Huusela / Stark	17990.4	3640.6
28	FRA 8	Jérémie Beyou / Charal	18051.4	3701.6
RET	FRA 109	Samantha Davies / Initiatives ‑ Coeur
RET	FRA 4	Sébastien Simon / ARKEA PAPREC
RET	GBR 99	Alex Thomson / HUGO BOSS
RET	FRA 85	Kevin Escoffier / PRB
RET	FRA 6	Nicolas Troussel / CORUM L’Épargne