Newsletter : 28/01/09
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Sticking points again for Jourdain, Great American respects Antarctic to starboard http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8751/sticking-points-again-for-jourdain-great-american-respects-antarctic-to-starboard.html
28/01/09
What will be harder to bear for Jourdain is not just experiencing stickier conditions again as he did in the Doldrums, but the time spent slowed means it is longer before he makes the finish. Meanwhile Desjoyeaux is at 15 knots towards les Sables d'Olonne. Sailing 180 miles SW of the Azores, Foncia has a steady SW’ly wind pushing the white ...
27/01/09
Slowed and trapped, the low points in the highs. http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8746/slowed-and-trapped-the-low-points-in-the-highs.html
Steve White is slower, making just 1.2 knots. Jourdain at least has the luxury of a passage round the high, White was caught in the middle, like a victim in a Venus Flytrap, losing miles to Ak...
27/01/09
Enjoy it while you can http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8740/enjoy-it-while-you-can.html
Sunshine, generally favourable winds and warm temperatures are their just rewards, the recompense for the long weeks in the grey, usually oppressive, cold, damp world of the Southern Ocean. Ro...
27/01/09
Taking the cake off Madeira http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/news/8729/taking-the-cake-off-madeira.html
The quicker route is to the north, getting the big Atlantic lows first and more wind, but the Foncia skipper said this morning that he is taking the low road, With a lead of 544 miles lead this ...
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FLASH INFO
* 28/01/09 at 07:24 - Rich passing the Falklands http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8749/rich-passing-the-falklands.html
* 28/01/09 at 06:55 - Sam approaching the Doldrums http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8748/sam-approaching-the-doldrums.html
* 27/01/09 at 20:01 - Rustling and flapping http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8745/rustling-and-flapping.html
* 27/01/09 at 19:09 - ETA in Les Sables d'Olonne http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8744/eta-in-les-sables-d-olonne.html
* 27/01/09 at 18:55 - From the Horn to the Falklands http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8738/from-the-horn-to-the-falklands.html
* 27/01/09 at 16:04 - Jean-Pierre goes sailing again http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8733/jean-pierre-goes-sailing-again.html
* 27/01/09 at 09:05 - Sam on waves http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8721/sam-on-waves.html
* 27/01/09 at 08:42 - Back in Les Sables http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8718/back-in-les-sables.html
* 27/01/09 at 08:05 - The perfect sailor http://www.vendeeglobe.org/en/newswire/8716/the-perfect-sailor.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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