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January 14. 2009
Strengthening wind in the Eastern Pacific
An area of warm air from the tropics joined the flow in the middle of the South Pacific on Wednesday giving birth to an area of low pressure, which will be deepening over the next 48 hours before reaching ... -
January 13. 2009
Ridge of high pressure ahead
The ridge of high pressure stretching NW of the St Helena high, is just ahead of Foncia and Veolia who should cross it one or two changes of tack before they reach the ESE'ly trade winds on the northern ... -
January 12. 2009
A lively Pacific and squally Atlantic
The thundery low that developed this weekend over the continent of South America is moving south-eastwards. The squalls that are associated with it are generating fairly strong winds (25/35 knots) ... -
January 10. 2009
Changing weather patterns
After two or three days of relative calm for the whole of the fleet, all the competitors will be experiencing a change in the weather in the next 36 hours, with the exception of Norbert Sedlacek and ... -
January 09. 2009
No significant change
This expression frequently used in weather bulletins applies perfectly to today, because all of the competitors are in identical weather patterns to those we saw yesterday. The biggest change ... -
January 08. 2009
High-pressure conditions
The competitors at the front are getting in place to pass through a huge high-pressure system building off the coast of Uruguay over the next few days. The high resulting from several systems coming ... -
January 07. 2009
No strong winds
Today (Wednesday 7th January) the whole of the Vendée Globe fleet is sailing in moderate to fairly strong winds (30 knots max) and some are even in light winds below 10 knots. For most of the ... -
January 06. 2009
A disturbed westerly flow
The wind is continuing to blow on the rear of the fleet in the extreme west of the Pacific with gusts reaching 45/50 knots and with heavy seas. Conditions will only start to calm on Wednesday as the ... -
January 05. 2009
Windy start to the Pacific, but fine in the Atlantic
Like most of the competitors in the Vendée Globe 2008/2009 R. Dinelli and N Sedlacek are experiencing strong winds between Tasmania and New Zealand. The low circulating to their south continues ... -
January 04. 2009
Winds easing off at the Horn
A low is catching the rear of the fleet with a 35-40 knot NNW'ly wind with some strong gusts, backing westerly this evening, so a rough Sunday! A small cold front will mean the westerly wind ... -
January 03. 2009
To each his own low and cold front
20-25 knot westerly winds for the rear of the fleet before another low moves in with a NW'ly wind strengthening with rain and cross seas. The duo to the south of New Zealand sees its 15-25 knot ... -
January 02. 2009
Severe weather at the front
Still some strong winds at the front with 35-45 knot NW'ly winds gusting to 65 knots. As the South Pacific low deepens, the wind strengthens and there are gales before the Horn as is often the ... -
January 01. 2009
The frontrunners widen the gap
Sailing to the north of the huge low, the five competitors at the front of the race are still sailing in steady 25-35 knot winds with gusts, and are still making good headway. The three frontrunners ... -
December 30. 2008
Slightly better behaviour
We can hardly talk about clement conditions, but they are much better than they were. A small low has caught the rear of the fleet with winds of 25/35 knots and the risk of facing headwinds. -
December 29. 2008
Slightly calmer seas
Over the past 24hours the heavy cross seas have eased for the whole of the fleet. The leaders ahead of a cold front are sailing in NW'ly winds caused by a very deep low to their south.
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