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Captain’s log, A. Boissières: ” Good surfing sessions “

Hi all,

The picture shows what I discovered this morning in the cockpit, there were actually 7 or 8 of them on board.

Yesterday was quite calm but the wind came back today at the beginning of the night, around 6PM French time.

Everything's fine on board, I was able to get some well-deserved rest. The boat is going fast this morning with a nice breeze and waves going the right direction, making for good surfing sessions, but pretty wet ones too: Boots and oilskins are mandatory on the deck…

The outside temperature is very pleasant: 19°C, hard to believe! Last night was chillier, though – 8°C – but it was still bearable.

My hands hurt, they're so dry… I applied Neutrogena hand cream on them (It was an excellent idea, thanks for putting some on bard!) and I can definitely feel the difference this morning!

Have a good Friday all, and godspeed!

Arnaud.

A stretch Down Under

Armel Le Cléac’h passed the Australia West gate last night at around 1944hrs UTC on its most westerly mark 21 minutes ahead of François Gabart, who was 18 miles to the east, but it is Gabart who has made the overnight gain as the Vendée Globe heads under Australia.  At 21 miles between leader Gabart’s Macif and Banque Populaire of Le Cléac’h the gap is negligible, but the top two are always gaining miles on the fleet.

Francois Gabart Breaks 24-Hour Solo Sailing…


Francois Gabart Breaks 24-Hour Solo Sailing… by IBTimesTV

Vendee globe : live – 8 december


Replay : Le live du 8 décembre door VendeeGlobeTV

Vendee Globe 24th day video compilation


24e jour de course – Lundi 3 décembre door VendeeGlobeTV

World Sailor of the Year VT

World Sailor of the Year VT from Alex Palmer on Vimeo.

Vendee Globe: Résumé du 18e jour de course

Alex Thomson takes the third place

Here is the latest update from Alex, currently in 3rd place:
“Morning! It was a tough day yesterday and yesterday night with lots of cloud activity and variable wind which meant i got hardly any sleep.  I managed to get quite a few naps last night when the wind was more stable and am feeling back to normal. I have had some issues with the hydro charging so was working on that yesterday as well …
as some problems with the battery management system which is not alarming properly. So I spent all day yesterday inbetween clouds on the phone with Rachel Howe, who is in charge of electronics on our team, trying to get to the bottom of the problem. She thinks we have solved it now, fingers crossed and the hydro seems to be behaving itself again.  I can see me having hydro issues all the way around the world, good thing we have a few spares onboard!  So I am up to 3rd again this morning, no point in getting excited though as  ultimately it is a question of strategy. Jean Pierre Dick has opted to take a more southerly route and will get the new wind first when it comes in the next 24 hours. I will be one of the last to get the new wind so i have to hope I continue to have wind for today and hope they do not!”

Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship : winners

Some nice images :

Winners were decided with one final race at Middle Harbour Yacht Club’s Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship today, when the foretold weather did not play ball, forcing Principal Race Officer, Denis Thompson, and his race crews to wait for the north-easterly wind to fill in.

Intuition fast ocean cruiser ConradShipyard