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Destiny calling?
The two leaders are at close to max speed this morning as they pass the latitude of the border between Uruguay and Brasil this morning. Again Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé) has pulled back miles in the night, reducing his deficit to less than 60 miles on Yoann Richomme (PAPREC ARKÉA).
Damage for Vendée Globe winner Yannick Bestaven mars a day of Cape Horn celebrations
They might have been upwards of 60 miles off the actual lighthouse, but for the skipper who passed Cape Horn today the moment of release is the same nonetheless. The realisation that the Pacific is done, the Southern Oceans are safely completed, might only be fleeting but it is a key moment.
Engine repaired for the IMOCA MACSF
Steering system failure for Yannick Bestaven
Yoann Richomme: "I managed to wash myself for the first time in a month"
Kojiro Shiraishi : "It will be my 5th Horn passage"
Cap Horn passage time
Back to life, back to reality
Since Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) crossed Cape Horn last night at 17:38:29hrs UTC two more skippers have passed. Jérémie Beyou (Charal) and Nico Lunven (HOLCIM-PRB) crossed just fifteen minutes apart in fifth and sixth places respectively, Beyou some 10 hours and 38 minutes behind Ruyant. Both,…
