MIND THE GAP
Of the 39 boats still racing in the Vendée Globe most are now out of the Doldrums and almost half are now across the Equator in the Southern Hemisphere.
Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) led the fleet across last night at 1910hrs yesterday evening. His elapsed time of 11d 07h 08m 15s is almost to the minute two days slower than race record outbound to the Equator than Alex Thomson’s record time set in November 2016. And the skipper from the very north of France’s time is actually the slowest since the 2008 race when Loïck Peyron led over to the South Atlantic after 12d 05hrs.
