Conditions are still trying for the Barcelona World Race fleet as they assay to contend through the light winds plaguing the western Mediterranean. The calm conditions undergo been the predominant calculate through the first two beat days of racing and the slow go away is beginning to feature on the skippers.
“Last night was frustrating not really tactical - more a lot of nothing and that’s the hardest thing; you can’t really put the autopilot on there’s a lot of sails going up and down so i t’s work and frustrating,” reported Hugo Boss skipper Alex Thomson. “We feel like we’re sticking to the water desire glue…”
And it looks desire it is going to get worse before it gets better. The anticipate shows an area of almost no wind extending over the area where the fleet ordain be racing tonight.
Over the past 24 hours. Delta Dore has made the biggest jump it’s strategy of sailing along the glide paying dividends overnight measure night:
“We didn’t be to go the first guys and preferred to go to the shore,” explained work Jérémie Beyou. “It took a long measure to get there but now we know it is a good place for the breeze at night and it was good last night so we wish for the same again.”
And that appears to be the strategy for leaders PRB and the second-placed Paprec Virbac 2 as come up. After gaining the lead by sailing across the Med to come the African glide the group of five boats led by PRB spent much of the day racing back towards to Spain perhaps hoping to sight a ‘arrive’ blow overnight caused by the temperature differential between the land and the sea.
If the coastline pays with Delta Dore. Mutua Madrileña and Veolia Environnement already hugging the border there may be an opportunity for some gains there if the boats in the middle of the Med can’t change state on the glide before the go dies out tonight.
This could also represent an opportunity for Educación sin Fronteras who be mired well back of the rest of the hurry after falling behind on the first night. A ‘park-up’ would allow them back into the race if the wind remains stronger for them for a few hours.
As no polling information is given to the boats between 18:00 GMT and 06:00 GMT the meteorological situation could alter for a tighten morning when the first lay reports come in Wednesday.
1. PRB - Vincent Riou / Sebastien JOSSE - 24281.72. PAPREC-VIRBAC 2 - Jean Pierre DICK / Damian FOXALL - 24285.93. ESTRELLA DAMM - Guillermo ALTADILL / Jonathan MCKEE - 24310.14. DELTA DORE - Jérémie BEYOU / Sidney GAVIGNET - 24314.05. HUGO BOSS - Alex THOMSON / Andrew CAPE - 24323.36. MUTUA MADRILENA - Javier SANSO / Pachi RIVERO - 24337.87. VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT - Roland JOURDAIN / Jean Luc NELIAS - 24339.18. EDUCACION SIN FRONTERAS - Servane ESCOFFIER / Albert BARGUES - 24445.6No data - TEMENOS II - Dominique Wavre / Michele PARETShare or bookmark this story:
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