Droug takes the lead

After blustery night Figaro fleet close on finish

Overnight the singlehanded sailors in the Solitaire du Figaro have been screaming downwind in 30-35 knot southwesterly breeze as they head back across the Bay of Biscay to the finishat Quiberon. Overnight former Solitaire winners Eric Drouglazet and Kito de Pavant have moved into the lead, just 1.5 miles ahead of Yann Elies. Sam Davies on Skandia has pulled up from the disappointing 39th place yesterday to 9th place this morning. Sam admitted to thedailysail before the start that she liked the big conditions.

At this rate the boats will be arriving in Quiberon mid-afternoon.


Positions at 0817GMT

Pos	Skipper	Boat	Lat.	Long.	DTF	Crs	Spd
1	DROUGLAZET Eric	Crédit Maritime - Zerotwo	46°44,3N	03°40,7W	66,24nm	29	10.2
2	de PAVANT Kito	Navy Lest	46°40,6N	03°34,7W	+ 0,05nm	29	11.5
3	ELIES Yann	Groupe Generali Assurances	46°40,1N	03°37,3W	+ 1,53nm	29	12.7
4	CAUDRELIER Charles	Bostik Findley	46°39,8N	03°37,4W	+ 1,82nm	28	12.3
5	CHABAGNY Thierry	Le Caennais Blochon - Martin	46°40,0N	03°38,3W	+ 2,09nm	24	11.2
6	LE CLEAC'H Armel	Foncia - TBS	46°38,8N	03°37,5W	+ 2,69nm	30	13.2
7	BEYOU Jérémie	Delta Dore	46°39,4N	03°39,5W	+ 3,08nm	34	13.4
8	NELIAS Jean-Luc	Chauss-Europ	46°38,3N	03°39,7W	+ 3,94nm	36	11.6
9	DAVIES Samantha	Skandia	46°34,1N	03°38,8W	+ 6,92nm	37	12.7
10	MORVAN Gildas	Cercle Vert	46°32,8N	03°37,0W	+ 7,29nm	30	12.9
11	VITTET Dominic	ATAO Audio System	46°36,3N	03°44,5W	+ 7,63nm	33	14.1
12	de BROC Bertrand	Aigle	46°33,1N	03°38,9W	+ 7,77nm	28	12.3
13	LEPESQUEUX Marc	Maisons Pierre	46°32,2N	03°38,0W	+ 8,23nm	25	11.4
14	BERENGER Nicolas	Paprec - CNEM	46°34,9N	03°48,6W	+ 10,58nm	29	10.5
15	PELLECUER Laurent	CLIPTOL Sport	46°34,7N	03°51,9W	+ 12,20nm	39	9.6
16	EMIG Marc	Total	46°27,4N	03°41,9W	+ 13,71nm	36	11.4
17	GREGOIRE Jeanne	Banque Populaire	46°28,1N	03°45,3W	+ 14,40nm	32	9
18	TRIPON Armel	Gedimat	46°32,5N	03°55,1W	+ 15,32nm	37	12.2
19	ATTANASIO Romain	Port Trebeurden	46°32,1N	03°54,7W	+ 15,43nm	37	12.6
20	MOUREN Jean-Paul	M@rseille Entreprises	46°27,0N	03°50,9W	+ 17,63nm	36	10.1
21	KRAUSS Oliver	Espoir Crédit Agricole	46°23,9N	03°46,0W	+ 18,12nm	31	9.6
22	TOULORGE Alexandre	Caen La Mer	46°23,9N	03°48,4W	+ 19,09nm	31	9.7
23	TROUSSEL Nicolas	D'Aucy	46°25,9N	03°52,4W	+ 19,19nm	23	9.7
24	VENIARD Gérald	Scutum	46°25,1N	03°52,9W	+ 19,96nm	23	10.5
25	PETIT Benoit	Défi Santé Voile	46°26,2N	03°56,2W	+ 20,58nm	47	12.1
26	KOCH Antoine	Nobody	46°24,6N	03°53,6W	+ 20,69nm	29	10.6
27	MABIRE Halvard	Biodiversité	46°19,3N	03°49,2W	+ 23,23nm	25	9.4
28	LE GAL Franck	Monaco Marine - Sodifac Roubaix	46°21,2N	03°55,3W	+ 24,09nm	25	9.8
29	GUERIN Ronan	Camus Immobilier	46°14,3N	03°44,5W	+ 25,72nm	28	10,6
30	BOISSIERES Arnaud	Région Aquitaine	46°16,4N	03°56,9W	+ 28,62nm	37	9,7
31	DUTHIL Frédéric	All Mer	46°13,3N	03°54,1W	+ 30,05nm	28	10,0
32	SEVAUX Stéphane	Sarthe	46°14,2N	03°56,0W	+ 30,06nm	34	11,5
33	VACHETTE Vincent	Duc et Preneuf	46°14,1N	03°57,2W	+ 30,61nm	27	10,5
34	BALOGH François	Générale d'Emballage	46°15,0N	04°03,1W	+ 32,30nm	34	10,3
35	WARDLEY Liz	Kookaï - Eol	46°15,4N	04°04,3W	+ 32,45nm	31	10,8
36	ALFARO Amaiur	www.PAYS-BASQUE-ENTREPRISES.com	46°07,6N	03°51,9W	+ 34,11nm	31	11,1
37	BULOT Jean-François	Crédit Mutuel de Normandie -Ville de Caen	46°06,8N	03°50,0W	+ 34,21nm	34	10,0
38	BOS Christian	Raynal et Roquelaure	46°10,3N	03°59,5W	+ 34,69nm	36	9,3
39	BAKKER Sander	STERN Groep	46°06,7N	03°51,4W	+ 34,76nm	42	9,4
40	DELORD Alain	TAT - Aviation Services	46°02,6N	03°50,3W	+ 37,98nm	32	10,2
41	EINHORN Jacques	Connivence	46°03,3N	03°54,8W	+ 38,86nm	42	10,3
42	BEAURIN Laurent	Latitude Nord	46°03,7N	03°59,3W	+ 40,15nm	25	9,6
43	DANIEL Marie-Albane	ACADOMIA	46°09,2N	04°11,3W	+ 40,34nm	21	10,5
44	DESMARETS Pascal	Tetraktys	46°08,5N	04°18,2W	+ 43,93nm	31	8,4
45	FAVRE Hervé	World Games Inc.	45°57,0N	03°57,1W	+ 45,13nm	33	9,8
46	LEQUIN Benoit	Nannidiesel	45°56,2N	03°57,2W	+ 45,93nm	37	10,2
47	BIGOT Gaël	TEAM 117	46°06,9N	04°21,9W	+ 46,79nm	20	8,3
48	BOSSARD Philippe	Karukera	45°46,6N	04°03,1W	+ 56,28nm	41	7,5
49	LECHARPENTIER Bertrand	Entreprendre en Pays d'Auge - Calvados	45°19,0N	04°29,0W	+ 89,25nm	57	2,9
NC	JACQ Rodolphe	Skipper AG2R Prévoyance	NC
NC	MAISONNEUVE Brieuc	Pays Granvillais	NC
NC	TABARLY Erwan	Thalès	NC