Vendée Globe

Looking at the times taken to pass the longitude of Cape Leeuwin, it is clear that the fleet has stretched out over the Indian Ocean.

The competitors are now tending to sail in pairs, which are scattered over more than 4000 miles, as the leader approaches the International Date line…
Of the three oceans that the Vendée Globe solo sailors have to cross, the Indian is — and always has been ever since the first races — without doubt the most violent, the most testing, and the most difficult. As the wild pace forced no fewer than six leading competitors out of the race between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin (Loïck Peyron, Dominique Wavre, Bernard Stamm, Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty, Mike Golding, Yann Eliès), the gaps between those still racing widened considerably even before they reach the International Date Line…

Passage past Cape Leeuwin:
1-Michel Desjoyeaux : 37d 07h 23’
2-Roland Jourdain : 37d 08h 13’,  50’ behind
3-Sébastien Josse : 37d 09h 58’,  2h 35’ behind
4-Jean Le Cam : 37d 12h 35’,  5h 12’ behind
5-Jean Pierre Dick : 38d 00h 18’,  16h 55’ behind
6-Armel Le Cléac’h : 38d 04h 38’,  21h 15’ behind
7-Vincent Riou : 38d 07h 58’,  1j 00h 35’ behind
8-Yann Eliès : 38d 10h 38’,  1j 03h 15’ behind
9-Marc Guillemot : 38d 11h 28’,  1j 04h 05’ behind
10-Samantha Davies : 40d 00h 48’,  2j 17h 25’ behind
11-Brian Thompson : 40d 16h 03’,  3j 08h 40’ behind
12-Dee Caffari : 42d 07h 28’,  5j 00h 05’ behind
13-Arnaud Boissières : 42d 13h 08’,  5j 05h 45’ behind
 
Times between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin :
1-Michel Desjoyeaux : 10d 06h 49’
2-Roland Jourdain : 10d 09h 25’
3-Jean Le Cam : 10d 13h 09’
4-Sébastien Josse : 10d 14h 20’
5-Jean Pierre Dick : 11d 01h 53’
6-Armel Le Cléac’h : 11d 04h 26’
7-Marc Guillemot : 11d 05h 20’
8-Vincent Riou : 11d 07h 14’
9-Yann Eliès : 11d 13h 50’
10-Samantha Davies : 11d 19h 20’
11-Brian Thomson : 12d 16h 30’
12-Dee Caffari : 13d 11h 45’
13-Arnaud Boissières : 13d 15h 43’
 
Gains and losses in comparison to the leader, between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin :
-Michel Desjoyeaux (1d06h43’ behind at the Equator, 4h56’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 1st at Leeuwin) : 4h56’ gained
-Roland Jourdain (4h08’ behind at the Equator, 3h10’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 50’ at Leeuwin) : 2h 20’ gained
-Jean Le Cam (8h45’ behind at the Equator, 3h48’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 5h12’ at Leeuwin) : 1h24’ lost
-Sébastien Josse (1h45’ behind at the Equator, 1h45’ de gain at the Cape of Good Hope, 2h35’ behind at Cape Leeuwin) : 4h20 lost
-Jean Pierre Dick (2h behind at the Equator, 2h47’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 16h55’ at Leeuwin) : 14h08’ lost
-Armel Le Cléac’h (3h56’ behind at the Equator, 4h34’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 21h15’ at Leeuwin) : 16h41’ lost
-Marc Guillemot (19h01’ behind at the Equator, 10h30’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 1d 04h05’ at Leeuwin) : 17h35’ lost
-Vincent Riou (3h30’ behind at the Equator, 5h06’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 1d00h35’ at Leeuwin) : 19h 29’ lost
-Yann Eliès (4h behind at the Equator, 1h10 de retard at the Cape of Good Hope, 1d03h15’ at Leeuwin) : 1j 02h 05’ lost
-Samantha Davies (16h53’ behind at the Equator, 1d09h50’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 2d17h25’) : 1j07h35’lost
-Brian Thompson (13h45’ behind at the Equator, 1d03h55’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 3d08h40’ at Leeuwin) : 2d 04h 45’ lost
-Dee Caffari (1d12h55’ behind at the Equator, 2d00h05’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 5d00h05’ at Leeuwin) : 3d lost
-Arnaud Boissières (1d13h40’ behind at the Equator, 2d01h47’ at the Cape of Good Hope, 5d05h45’ at Leeuwin) : 3d 03h 58’ lost
 

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