NY - Vendee IMOCA transat

[flaming]

Alex Thompson has jumped into the lead on day 3. And he's absolutely sending it. Averaging about 2 knots faster than the rest of the fleet.

 

[DFL1010]

Tracker here:
http://imocaoceanmasters-nyvendee.geovoile.com/2016/tracker/?lg=en

Conrad Colman has finally got underway. Gotta feel for Ari Huusela - the worst of bad luck there.

 

[Racecruiser]

Will be great if he wins this and then keeps everything together on his next assault on the round the world Vendee!

 

[Javelin]

Interesting that half the fleet are out due to hitting stuff.
Talk is that its the increase in whale population!

Having almost hit a spermy at 7knts sailing across biscay I'd hate to think what its like to actually hit one, let alone at 18knts!

 

[Birdseye]

Ironic to see a boat called "no way back" heading back at 3kn.

 

[yesod]

shaping up to be a superb dash to the finish.

 

[adwuk]

Looks like Mr Thomson has sailed into a bit of a hole. 0.7 knots and 7 miles behind now.

 

[DFL1010]

Centre of the high is tracking north so HB might get lucky. Wish this nighttime blackout wasn't a thing.

 

[flaming]

Centre of the high is tracking north so HB might get lucky. Wish this nighttime blackout wasn't a thing.

Seems somewhat unlikely now. Very encouraging to see Alex doing so well in the run up to the Vendee though!