© Photo : Benoit Stichelbaut \ n.c. Atlantic mess The Azores high is definitively not helpful : it is just above the fleet ! And the boats just go where they can. Some hardly head West, others slowly move East and others just cannot do anything. More than 800 miles away from Les Sables d’Olonne after three days of race, the ranking are not really significant. Well, the same pack is still leading, but now the danger come from everywhere and cards are going to change hands, and it is not over ! When some solo sailors are doing 6 knots on the rhumb ...  dimanche 20 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Breakaway The race is on : upwind is following upwind ! But this time on one tack, rhumb line to Les Sables d’Olonne. Two distinct groups emerge from the lively exit of the Azores Archipelago : five production oats just in the stern of the leader Thomas Bonnier and eight prototypes leaded by Andraz Mihelin. The chasing is open … Once again, the leaders of the first leg are the scouts : eight prototypes and five production boats have broken away. The pack is already more than fifteen miles behind, even more. Karen L ...  samedi 19 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Bis repetita non placent The second leg of the race really looks like the first one ! Even if the rhythm is slower than two weeks ago, the chaotic sea has, and still shake a lot the Minis on this Thursday afternoon. In the first places, we can see the skippers who have tacked soon to get out the Azorean islands with Xavier Haize for the prototypes and Thomas Bonnier for the production boats as leaders. Upwind ! Still upwind…. This new Mini event is definitively nothing but rest and this second leg, which consists in the way back from Horta (Azores) to Les Sables d’Olonne take an air of th ...  vendredi 18 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. On the Road again After an extra 24 hours of rest as the Race Direction decided to postpone the start of the second leg Horta (Faïal – Azores) – Les Sables d’Olonne due to bad weather conditions, the 58 solo sailors left have finally taken the way back to Les Sables this Wednesday, August, 16th at 1:40 pm UTC. The wind is calmer, some 15 – 20 knots North-easterly, the sea is still rough but the general atmosphere is happiness. The skippers’ menu for this second leg : northerly wind till Sunday, t ...  jeudi 17 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Heavy before calms According to weather forecasts, it seems that the course of the second leg of the race Les Sables – The Azores – Les Sables is going to be very tactical. Upwind as a starter, then a long heavy tack crossbeam, to finish in the calms of the Biscay Bay… All the necessary to make this way back to Vendée very tense ! But the wind was too strong on Tuesday 15th morning and the Race Comity decide to report the start to Wednesday August 16th at 13h02 UTC. Skippers will have to be strong physically and mentally to find the optimum course between Horta and Les Sables d’Olonne. On Monday, two days before the start, the North Easterly wind blows ...  mardi 15 août 2006 Suite  \ n.c. Deadline on Friday The finishing line of the first leg will be closed on Friday at 2.44 pm UTC, that is to say, four days after the arrival of the first production boat. Marie Christine de Brugière is expected to cross the line just before the deadline. On Thursday afternoon, Lady Jim was still 148 miles away from the arrival in Horta with a speed over 6 knots, she benefits from a nice North Easterly breeze that should be stable to the Fai ...  vendredi 11 août 2006 Suite  Page : [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Brèves : Fabienne Robin est arrivée Vol 774 pour Les Sables Bruno Simonnet et Marc Vertes sont arrivés Benoît Lenglet est arrivé Les trois mousquetaires Vidéos : Clip vidéo Remise des prix 28 août aux Sables Arrivée de Véronique Loisel aux Sables Arrivée de Pascal Chombart de Lauwe Téléchargement : ... Embarquez ... :  Vous souhaitez embarquer sur un bateau accompagnateur... RSS feeds Réalisation : Adonnante.com | Design : fabienne.est.une.indienne | Hébergement : BleuRoy.com