© Photo : Benoit Stichelbaut \ n.c. Double duel… Leaders of each category, prototypes and production boats, have broke away from their pursueurs being more than thirty NM ahead when they only have 300 left on this Saturday afternoon. But the winer is still unknown between Adrien Hardy and Andraz Mihelin in prototypes, Hervé Piveteau and Francisco Lobato in production boats… The wind is really lighter for the leaders of the race, turning East to North East as the fleet is getting closer to the Azores Archipelago. Anyway, thanks to these twelve knots wind, the a ...  dimanche 6 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Adria drawns the caravan … The Slovenian Andraz Mihelin is still heading the fleet on this Friday afternoon, less than 500 NM from the arrival in Horta (The Azores) when for the production boats, the Portuguese Francisco Lobato is coming back very fast close to the leader Hervé Piveteau. After the strong downwind winds off Spain, the breeze is now decreasing and the sea is getting easier. Andraz Mihelin (Adria Mobil Too) plays the tractor … Because the fleet looks like a caravan with the latitude gaps decreasing : downwind, the Minis that are heading straight to the Azores, ...  samedi 5 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Over Speed ! The average speeds noticed thanks to the Argos beacons are just unbelievable : more than 12 knots for some Minis for a few hours ! And the duel between the Slovenian Andraz Mihelin and the Belgian Peter Laureyssens is not about to stop… unless they break something, like some solo sailors this Thursday afternoon. Regarding the Production Boats, Hervé Piveteau is completing a prefect course and literally flies above the sea. A donf ! Everybody was expecting for a nice downwind wind after Spain, but finally they have found the punchy Portuguese Trade winds at the corner ! Twenty to thirty knots North East winds on a Mini ...  vendredi 4 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. In the fog… The Cape Finisterre is now behind the first boats, still lead by the Belgian Peter Laureyssens and the Slovenian Andraz Mihelin regarding the prototypes and Hervé Pveteau and Sébastien Marsset for the production boats ranking. Even if the wind is still light and upwind off La Coruna, it is now North West for the leaders … Gaps should widen ! The first real breakaway is occurring off the Cape Finisterre. Indeed, even if the difference is still modest, it is obvious that the speeds of the leaders are superior to their pursuers’. ...  jeudi 3 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Iberian confluence After the fast gale occurred during the night of Monday to Tuesday, the situation is clearly better now in the Biscay Bay : the wind has now turned North-West, 12-15 knots, the sea quieten, the sun is back and skippers can solve the little problems of the night. This Tuesdau afternoon, seven solo sailors are in a harbour or on the way for a technical stopover and three others are might quit. Officially, Didier Le Vourc’h (Vecteur Plus), Pierre-Yves Lautrou (Téo Taket), Marine Chombart de Lauwe (Esprit 93) have announced their withdrawal when arriving a French harbour on this Tu ...  mercredi 2 août 2006 Suite  Page : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Téléchargement :  Dossier de presse  Avis de course  Inscriptions  Obligations et engagements Embarquez ... :  Vous souhaitez embarquer sur un bateau accompagnateur... RSS feeds Réalisation : Adonnante.com | Design : fabienne.est.une.indienne | Hébergement : BleuRoy.com