Seven Spades
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He has been consistently as fast or faster but he took the wrong route. He is the most dangerous opponent I think.
Vendee Globe and Alex Thomson / Hugo Boss
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cherod
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yes went far too far west but has closed the gap , i say Vallee is worth a watching as well .
Buck Turgidson
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Interesting how many more miles Alex will be ahead maybe. JLC's 15 minutes of fame in this race are done now.
E39mad
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I like the statistics on the Vendee site - gives an overall indication as to who will be in the mix:
Statistics - Vendée Globe - En
Statistics - Vendée Globe - En
cherod
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also the Sea Wolves channel .
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cherod
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for sure he cant stay with him on a power run ,, but he could well get the opportunity to out race / sail him again yet , long way to go .
E39mad
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Alex really putting the hammer down - 51 miles more than the next best competitor in the last 24 hours. Wonder if the competitors are secretly becoming demoralised. I doubt it as there is still such a long way to go and anything can happen but it does put pressure on them to push.
davidaprice
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Latest news: Corum L'Épargne, in 8th place and skippered by Nicolas Troussel, has lost her mast. He's about 250 miles from the nearest island of Cape Verde.
cherod
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thats tough ,, perhaps that would account for his 8 knts when everyone around him are doing 20 .
kof
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It's hard to tell from the data but I have a suspicion that Hugo Boss is a little slower than Linkedout and Apivia. Now that could be Alex being more conservative (yeah right!) or different wind seen by each boat. Or it could be that he's spent less time in the boat than the others and is still ramping up.
Time will tell but it's great stuff so far.
Time will tell but it's great stuff so far.
capnsensible
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Ouch. Bit of a plod to Mindelo. But better than waaaay south. ?
cherod
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theres an interview come up on Youtube with Beyou , i think he is explaining his problems ,, for francais parlers only .
E39mad
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Linked Out is certainly pushing it - been 2.5 knots faster than Hugo Boss over the last four hours and has just clocked the best 24 hour run of the race at 489 miles. Next was Hugo Boss with 12 miles less closely followed by Apivia. The foilers certainly showing their pace now.
With a 120 miles lead over Linked Out I don't think Alex will be panicking. In fact with the dismasting of Corum may make others reel it in a little particularly Ruyant.
cherod
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i expect AT is only going as fast as he needs to , as you say not the fastest over last 4 hours .
Spyro
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Thomas Ruyant certainly has been flying over the past few hours. he has a long way to catch up but a long way to go
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Buck Turgidson
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He's been catching up on his sleep!
Seven Spades
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The top five boats are Hugo Boss, Apiva, Linkedout, PRB and Sam Davies. Any of these five could win this race it is a matter of attrition. We have seen two boats suffer failures now more are bound to follow. My huess is that JLC will have the most reliable boat out of the top five but I can't see all five falling by the wayside.
The next interesting this will be to see if they follow the 2016 route and keep going west or if any of them will chance a more southerly route and cut the corner.
The next interesting this will be to see if they follow the 2016 route and keep going west or if any of them will chance a more southerly route and cut the corner.
cherod
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reports that Charal is ready to leave again ,, 5 days down ,, allez allez !!!
matt1
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No doubt Linkeout is faster in these conditions, & I’d expect him to to steadily erode Alex’s lead especially as Alex will be first to be headed and come more into the wind. I thought I read somewhere that HB was optimised for lighter wind foiling, which is therefore concerning that Linkedout is proving quicker. There’s no way Alex will be holding anything back in the conditions he is currently in. If he can keep pace to the southern ocean he should be fine as he tends to outperform there - he may just need a big cushion by Cape Horn if he is to hold the lead backup the Atlantic, particularly if there is some upwind element. Keeping everything crossed
Seven Spades
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I think Apivia is the danger boat.