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January 15. 2009 at 20:53

So the trio will, as Dee Caffari puts it this evening, ‘hang out’ round Cape Horn. Of course she is making light of a difficult situation but the strategy has been carefully discussed and prepared among all three skippers, Meteo France and the course direction team in cooperation with Alain ...

 

Brian Thompson has made his U-turn and is now to the south of the Islas de los Estados, a 25 miles long island which should provide a fairly reasonable wind shield for him. At 1830hrs he had doubled back about 16 miles.

Meantime Arnaud Boissieres is headed to the SE, offshore to gain some sea room while Dee Caffari will likely do the same.

Meantime Steve White is making 13.4 knots, but the quickest in the fleet this evening is Rich Wilson who has the Great American cracking along at 13.8 knots.

At the front Roland Jourdain is quickest of the leaders, whilst Armel Le Cléac’h’s climb up the Atlantic has slowed, making just 4.6 knots.