Applying the power

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November 22. 2008 at 11:51 AM
Applying the power
© JEAN MARIE LIOT / DPPI / Vendée Globe

Ten boats into the Southern Hemisphere, next will be Brian Thompson and Dominique Wavre. Thompson's Bahrain Team Pindar is the speed king this morning, along with Mike Golding's Ecover 3.

RANKING22/11/08 at 11:00 AM

  • 1 - Loïck Peyron - Gitana Eighty
  • 2 - Sébastien Josse - BT
  • 3 - Jean-Pierre Dick - Paprec-Virbac 2
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On the other side

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November 22. 2008 at 09:23 AM
On the other side
© Gilles Martin-Raget

It lasts for one fleeting instant, but it is something you look forward to.  The seconds tick by.  And then it happens.  South replaces north on the GPS screen.  You have crossed the Equator. You are in the other hemisphere.  You have gone from autumn to spring.  The pole ...

The song remains the same

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November 22. 2008 at 08:17 AM
The song remains the same
© MIKE GOLDING / ECOVER / Vendée Globe

THere are many different phenomena in the Southern Hemisphere, but the Peyron principle is still the same, hammer down, sail fast and keep the chasing pack behind. Gitana Eighty lead into the Southern Hemisphere, on the wind, and the fact is that the top five boats have all shown very close average ...

The Peyron Posse Break for the Border

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November 21. 2008 at 08:42 PM
The Peyron Posse Break for the Border
© François Van Malleghem / DPPI / Vendée Globe

Tonight for the leaders it is just about straight lining it, on the breeze into the trade winds, slamming upwind, it is a very different game now.