Wind fills in for Mini sailors

70 strong fleet currently to the north west of Lisbon

It has been a day of marginally brisker sailing for the Mini Transat fleet who were this afternoon to the northeast of Lisbon. Over the course of today the wind light from the NNE but this afternoon has backed slowly round to the north and built to around 10 knots.

Jonathan McKee has been extending millimetre at a time from second placed Sam Manuard. The boats are obviously gybing at the moment but while a majority are on the rhumb line McKee and Manuard are to the east of the rhumb line, although not as far at Sebastien Roubinet who is right by the Portugese coast.

Of those who put into la Coruna to effect repairs only David Lancry remains there with his broken mast.

Tomorrow some forecasts charts are showing a low developing over northwest Spain. Another shows conditions become unsettled once again with some sort of front lying down the rhumb line to Lanzarote - to the west with light following winds to the west of this, while to the east the forecast shows there being light headwinds.

Two noteworthy performances are being put in by Irish sailor Cian McCarthy and Swedish sailor Pia L'Obry who are eighth and fifth respectively.

Positions at 1500GMT

Pos	Hull no	Skipper	Boat	Class	Lat	Long	DTF
1	247	Jonathan Mc Kee	TEAM MC LUBE	proto	N390753	W0104201	638
2	431	Samuel Manuard	TIP TOP TOO - LE GRAU DU ROI PORT CAMARGUE	proto	N391241	W0102517	646
3	151	Armel Tripon	MOULIN ROTY	proto	N392013	W0103386	652
4	312	Pascal Doin	ASNQ	proto	N392578	W0103806	657
5	316	Pia L'Obry	EXPATRIA.FR	proto	N393120	W0104745	660
6	321	Jean-Baptiste Dejeanty	ARTECH - CAEN LA MER	proto	N393518	W0110396	662
7	265	Frédéric Duthil	ALL MER	proto	N393663	W0111296	662
8	393	Cian Mc Carthy	THE TOM CREAN	proto	N393471	W0104808	664
8	426	Erwan Tymen	POGO 2 NAVY LEST	serie	N393910	W0111651	664
10	428	David Sineau	FRANCE FERMETURES	serie	N393931	W0111610	664
11	139	François Cuinet	REGLISSE	proto	N393641	W0105448	664
12	227	Donald Wright	RUSSE NOIR	proto	N393813	W0101471	673
13	354	Bruno Garcia	SALADINO	proto	N394571	W0105208	674
14	240	Alex Pella	AQUATEC - SANTIVERI - TEXKNIT	proto	N394620	W0104903	675
15	303	Enrico Podesta	DIABOLO-SLAM	proto	N394983	W0111223	675
16	347	Pierre Rolland	EXTRADO	proto	N394050	W0101430	675
17	353	Willy Garcia	CEYLAN DIAMANTES	proto	N394863	W0104566	678
18	440	David Raison	RAYON LIQUIDE	serie	N395313	W0110143	680
19	168	Fabrice Guillerm	RAULT LE SERVICE ALIMENTAIRE	serie	N395671	W0105145	685
20	346	Sébastien Roubinet	ADRENALINE	proto	N394250	W0093471	686
21	250	Brieuc Maisoneuve	PAYS GRANVILLAIS	serie	N400146	W0105345	689
22	326	Ian Munslow	ISHTAR	proto	N400231	W0105761	689
23	282	Erwan Abalain	MARION NOEL CONSEILS	serie	N400755	W0111473	692
24	421	Michel Mirabel	GWALARN IV	serie	N400459	W0103567	695
25	209	Bertrand Lecharpentier	NEC HONFLEUR	serie	N400588	W0104268	695
26	258	Marc Gascons	TIP-TOP	proto	N400213	W0100476	698
27	135	Stéphane Ayrault	WYETH	proto	N400950	W0103302	700
27	269	Lionel Rubio de Teran	GROUPE CIBF	serie	N401483	W0110776	700
29	109	Gaspard Franeau	AVOCATS SANS FRONTIERES	proto	N401725	W0111393	702
30	416	Daniel Schaffer	SENSIL	proto	N401938	W0111223	704
31	371	Juan Carlos Sanchis Mari	SPASMOS	serie	N401493	W0104116	704
32	295	David Sautret	MIKALOU SAILING	serie	N401948	W0111135	704
33	333	Arsène Ledertheil	LA CIGOGNE DE L'OCEAN	proto	N401983	W0111120	704
34	330	Jean-Pierre Balmes	CECIM	serie	N401576	W0104083	705
35	340	Rémi Beauvais	SPI CALL CENTER	serie	N402136	W0111778	705
36	245	Patrick Bot	FINIST'MER ECOLE NAVALE	serie	N401941	W0105338	707
37	36	Peter de Smedt	HUYSMAN	proto	N402158	W0105480	708
38	404	Francis Hueber	SHAITAN ENSIETA ECOLE D'INGENIEURS BRESTOISE	serie	N402203	W0105208	709
39	167	Manuel Castilla	VISION ORIGINALE	serie	N402491	W0110893	710
40	381	Gonzalo Botin	DON VITO	serie	N402268	W0105136	710
41	260	Richard Mérigeaux	BON PIED BON OEIL	proto	N402100	W0103826	710
42	138	Eric Defert	AMIRAL DE BRETAGNE	proto	N401356	W0095425	711
43	335	Barnabé Chivot	FTH THIRARD	proto	N402466	W0105158	712
44	322	Gilles Guillerm	BLUE BOSSA	serie	N402183	W0103173	712
45	352	Luis Irisarri	DEVIAJE.COM	proto	N402396	W0103818	713
46	444	Isabelle Magois	EDEN PARK	proto	N403048	W0111446	715
47	318	Yann Riou	THRANE & THRANE	serie	N402648	W0103471	716
48	345	Cécile Poujol	INFORMATIQUE ET STATISTIQUES	serie	N402845	W0102535	720
49	175	Adam Seamans	SPIRIT OF AMERICA	serie	N403383	W0105896	720
50	388	Yves Niort	DEMI-CLE SHIPCHANDLER	serie	N403285	W0105086	720
51	56	James Bird	ATOMIC	proto	N403871	W0103868	728
52	328	Tiphaine Vrignault	MITSUBISHI POUR MECENAT CHIRURGIE CARDIAQUE	serie	N404446	W0103123	734
53	373	Christophe Dary	SAGA LA QUALITE DU SERVICE	serie	N405608	W0104218	744
54	29	Arthur Barret	UBAYE	proto	N405526	W0103198	745
55	262	Eric Schmitt	LA LIMULE	serie	N410013	W0103463	749
56	273	Vincent Volk Leonovitch	GOUDURIX 2	serie	N410188	W0102368	753
57	89	Rémy Malburet	SOEUR MARIE THERESE DES BATIGNOLLES	serie	N410226	W0101936	754
58	329	Laurent Jaunin	TERRE-ET-FAUNE.ORG	serie	N411880	W0101246	771
59	355	Jacques Valente	ACTION INNOCENCE	serie	N412079	W0101124	773
60	102	Ghislain Gendron	VILLE DE BANDOL	proto	N411948	W0095003	776
61	47	Bernard Morin	JOGGING INTERNATIONAL	serie	N412768	W0100063	782
62	34	Gustavo Pacheco	EPSILON	proto	N413141	W0095496	786
63	277	François-Jacques Jauffrineau	VENDEE PRISMA	proto	N415625	W0091280	819
64	360	Henri Gourmelon	TOBABOOTS	serie	N420568	W0092908	824
65	304	Frédéric Duval	SOJASUN	proto	N421733	W0094013	834
66	342	Alessandro Zamagna	ARKE	proto	N432241	W0091581	901
67	385	Jaume Mumbru	PORT DE BARCELONA	proto	N432335	W0090611	904
68	405	Caroline Vieille	TOLERIES ARMORICAINES FONDATION JEROME LEJEUNE	proto	N432403	W0085980	906
69	185	Thomas Valentin	THOMAS HAWK	proto	N434388	W0092883	920
NC	121	David Lancry	MENSURA FROST	proto	-	-