A Degree Of Uncertainty
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First three boats in four hours on Wednesday afternoon? North or South, high risk or low risk?
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After 24,300 nautical miles and more than 80 days of racing around the world victory or a place on the podium on this ninth edition of the Vendée Globe might go down to the final layline, picking and sailing the perfect compass course from more than 100 miles out to the finish line at Les Sables d’Olonne’s famous Nouche Sud buoy.
At 48 hours to the first finisher is expected on the line Wednesday afternoon computer modelling from the current weather predictions suggest three solo skippers could finish within four hours of each other.
Vendee Globe, Prada Cup, virtual Sydney Hobart - Sail-World.com USA Newsletter 05/01/2021
Vendee Globe leaders round Cape Horn, Prada Cup, virtual Sydney Hobart
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While the New Year might be off to a lumpy start in North America in terms of sluggish vaccine roll-outs and tough COVID-19 metrics, the 27 IMOCA 60 skippers who are still competing in the Vendee Globe have been dealing with significantly different realities.
Yannick Bestaven, sailing aboard the 2015 generation Verdier/VPLP-designed
Maître CoQ, rounded Cape Horn on January 2 at 1342 hours, UTC, in the pole position. Bestaven has now begun his climb back towards France and the finishing line off of Les Sables d Olonne. As of this writing the French-flagged skipper still had some 6,430 nautical miles separating him from his dreams of winning this storied singlehanded circumnavigation race.