During the night from thursday to friday Armel Le Cléac’h overtook his compatriot Francois Gabart’s first place in the Vendée Globe while the britisch Samantha Davies’ yacht was dismasted Thursday night north of Madeira.
Armel Le Cléac’h is the new leader of the Vendée Globe. By dawn 05:00 CET Friday, Banque Populaire was ahead 7.5 miles of François Gabart (Macif) and about 9.5 miles of the Swiss Bernard Stamm (Cheminées Poujoulat). Gabart, leading the race around the world solo and non-stop since the day of departure Saturday, was caughtup by Le Cléac’h favored by a better positioning in the west. Comming in between Le Cléac’h and Gabart, Stamm should also pass by midday.
The only woman involved in the Vendée Globe, “Sam” Davies is not injured and does not require assistance, her team announced Thursday shortly after midnight. When her ship was dismasted, the 38 year old British Savéol was about 130 miles (200 km) north-west of Madeira. “At dawn, Sam will carry out a check of the boat before starting the engine to route to Madeira,” reported her team Friday morning.
Ranking at 05:00 (French time) ::
1. Armel Le Cléac’h (FRA / Banque Populaire) at 22466.1 miles from the finish
2. François Gabart (FRA / Macif) 7.5 miles from the leader
3. Bernard Stamm (SUI / Cheminées Poujoulat) to 9.5
4. Alex Thomson (GBR / Hugo Boss) to 73.5
5. Jean-Pierre Dick (FRA / Virbac-Paprec 3) to 87.7
6. Vincent Riou (FRA / PRB) to 96.9
7. Jérémie Beyou (FRA / Master CoQ) to 102
8. Mike Golding (GBR / Gamesa) 134.7
9. Jean Le Cam (FRA / SynerCiel) 151.3
10. Dominique Wavre (SUI / Mirabaud) to 174
source: http://www.eurosport.fr/voile/vendee-globe/2012-2013/vendee-globe-2012-armel-le-cleac-h-(banque-populaire)-nouveau-leader_sto3493897/story.shtml