Newsletter : 22/01/09
A sprint and a crawl
http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8568/a-sprint-and-a-crawl.html
22/01/09
Michel Desjoyeaux (Foncia) has around 20 knots of NE’ly trade winds and is sprinting north in the NE’ly trade winds more than 500 miles north of the Equator. Roland Jourdain has not got very much wind at all, and is still struggling slowly north still with 20 miles or so to reach the Equator at 0600hrs GMT this morning. Overnight, betw...
21/01/09
Secrets and sail repairs http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8560/secrets-and-sail-repairs.html
Michel Desjoyeaux remains tight lipped about the problems he may have had to overcome, possibly before the Doldrums, saying in a French press report that he has been ‘……clo...
21/01/09
Twice as fast http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8558/twice-as-fast.html
Averaging 12.6 knots to Roland Jourdain’s 6.1 knots the lead of Foncia has grown back to 373 miles now, a gain of about 60 miles in 24 hours. And, with Jourdain snared in the active Doldrums th...
21/01/09
Numbers crunched http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8550/numbers-crunched.html
It was back on 15th November when he was sailing off Madeira that he was furthest out of touch with the leader Loïck Peyron who was already between the Canaries and the Cape Verde Islands, ...
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FLASH INFO
* 22/01/09 at 09:50 - Bilou back in the Northern Hemisphere http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8574/bilou-back-in-the-northern-hemisphere.html
* 22/01/09 at 08:18 - Arnaud at the helm http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8573/arnaud-at-the-helm.html
* 22/01/09 at 07:10 - Another windless stop http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8565/another-windless-stop.html
* 22/01/09 at 06:45 - Dee busy with her sail repairs http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8564/dee-busy-with-her-sail-repairs.html
* 22/01/09 at 06:15 - Yes we can... http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8566/yes-we-can-etc.html
* 21/01/09 at 08:13 - PRB back in France in late February http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8537/prb-back-in-france-in-late-february.html
* 21/01/09 at 07:16 - The full distance for Norbert http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8533/the-full-distance-for-norbert.html
* 21/01/09 at 06:58 - Sam finally finds the wind http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8532/sam-finally-finds-the-wind.html
* 21/01/09 at 06:35 - Crowded waters off Rio http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8538/crowded-waters-off-rio.html
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Rankings
1 > Michel Desjoyeaux
- Foncia #
2 > Roland Jourdain
- Veolia Environnement #
3 > Armel Le Cléac’h
- Brit Air #
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