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December 28: Traffic jam at Cape Horn
Incredibly in a Vendée Globe, 6 skippers crossed the cape of deliverance in a single day:
Jérémie Beyou (Charal) : 47d 16h 14min 46s - at 04:16:46 UTC
Nicolas Lunven ( Holcim PRB) : 47d 16h 29min 46s - at 04:31:46 UTC
Boris Herrmann (Malizia - Seaexplorer): 47d 22h 49min 30s - at 10:51:30 UTC
Paul Meilhat (Biotherm): 47d 22h 50min 01s - at 10:52:01 UTC
Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE): 48d 02h 42min 52s - at 14:44:52 UTC
Justine Mettraux (TeamWork - Team Snef)Â: 48d 04h 20min 23s âeuros à 16:22:23 UTC
They were preceded by Yoann Richomme, who had Cape Horn on Christmas Day, followed by Charlie Dalin, Sebastien Simon, and Thomas Ruyant.
Further aft, Romain Attanasio had to deal with a broken mainsail hook. This damage was penalizing, as the skipper had to drop everything to carry out the repairs, stopping his progress for several hours.
In the daggerboard category, Jean le Cam leads the way with a comfortable lead, having managed to enter a different weather system to his rivals. The hunt is on for his direct pursuers, Benjamin Ferré, Tanguy le Turquais and Sébastien Marsset.
December 29: a lot of tinkering in mid-fleet
Pip Hare , victim of a dismasting, finally reaches dry land, after 850 miles under jury rig. The British sailor finishes her Vendée Globe in Melbourne.
A black day for Isabelle Joschke aboard MACF. After experiencing problems with her engine, Isabelle also had to deal with a keel cylinder sensor malfunction, a tear in her mainsail, the breakage of a section of the mainsheet track, and the breakage of her starboard foil.
Clarisse Cremer has also been busy, dismantling and repairing her main PC, which had suffered water ingress through the gooseneck above the chart table. What a feat to repair such a device on an IMOCA surfing the Pacific swell.
December 30: titleholder withdraws
Defending winner Yannick Bestaven (Maître CoQ V) has decided to withdraw from the race due to major technical problems which have rendered his boat unable to continue. This marks a difficult moment for the sailor, who had already been forced to retire in 2008. He becomes the second winner of this race to be forced to retire after victory, following Vincent Riou in 2012.
As for the leaders, Yoann Richomme is still in the lead, but has lost ground to Charlie Dalin, whose boat is reputed to be faster in the intermediate phases.
In third place, Sébastien Simon, on his IMOCA boat deprived of a foil, also made a fine comeback on his "good tack", taking advantage of the calms encountered by the first two competitors.
