Mid-Celtic Sea

Fred Duthil holding slender lead as Figaro fleet head for Land's End

Monday August 17th 2009, Author: James Boyd, Location: United Kingdom
 
Positions at 0600 GMT
 
Pos Boat Skipper Lat Long Spd Crs DTF/L
1 BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM Duthil Fréderic 50°44.99' N 7°43.00' W 8 116 358.6 nm
2 FONCIA Desjoyeaux Michel 50°42.98' N 7°37.18' W 8 125 0.4 nm
3 ESPOIR REGION BRETAGNE Gabart François 50°43.33' N 7°37.28' W 7 126 0.6 nm
4 BANQUE POPULAIRE Mahé Gildas 50°44.27' N 7°36.58' W 8 114 0.7 nm
5 CAP56 Belloir Aymeric 50°43.18' N 7°37.66' W 7 111 0.8 nm
6 BOSTIK Caudrelier Benac Charles 50°43.43' N 7°37.46' W 11 120 0.8 nm
7 DEFI MOUSQUETAIRES Rouxel Thomas 50°44.35' N 7°36.79' W 7.5 109 0.8 nm
8 BRIT AIR Le Cleac'h Armel 50°43.51' N 7°37.70' W 10.5 123 0.9 nm
9 SUZUKI AUTOMOBILES Chabagny Thierry 50°44.47' N 7°37.31' W 7 107 1.2 nm
10 GENERALI Elies Yann 50°44.07' N 7°37.90' W 7.5 114 1.3 nm
11 NIGEL KING YACHTING King Nigel 50°43.64' N 7°38.35' W 9 124 1.4 nm
12 E.LECLERC MOBILE Douguet Corentin 50°44.37' N 7°38.11' W 9 126 1.6 nm
13 LUISINA Drouglazet Eric 50°43.14' N 7°39.19' W 7.5 114 1.6 nm
14 CERCLE VERT Morvan Gildas 50°44.62' N 7°38.15' W 8 119 1.7 nm
15 AUDITION SANTE Toulorge Alexandre 50°44.69' N 7°38.24' W 7 117 1.8 nm
16 BERNARD PAOLI Beyou Jérémie 50°44.26' N 7°38.87' W 9 121 1.9 nm
17 M@RSEILLENTREPRISES Mouren Jean-Paul 50°46.94' N 7°36.73' W 8.5 120 2.1 nm
18 CREDIT MUTUEL DE BRETAGNE Troussel Nicolas 50°46.81' N 7°37.04' W 6 119 2.2 nm
19 BLACK HAWK Treussart Ronan 50°47.09' N 7°37.13' W 8 125 2.4 nm
20 CGPI Lunven Nicolas 50°47.41' N 7°37.06' W 11 120 2.5 nm
21 * PORT DE CAEN OUISTREHAM Delahaye Fabien 50°45.10' N 7°39.25' W 8.5 115 2.6 nm
22 SOPRA GROUP Koch Antoine 50°43.47' N 7°40.85' W 9.5 118 2.7 nm
23 ATHEMA Tabarly Erwan 50°47.54' N 7°37.30' W 10 121 2.7 nm
24 GEDIMAT Tripon Armel 50°44.71' N 7°39.89' W 8 115 2.7 nm
25 49° NORD Monnet Jean-Charles 50°47.59' N 7°37.84' W 7 117 3 nm
26 MACIF Veniard Gérald 50°43.89' N 7°41.22' W 7.5 133 3.1 nm
27 * DOMINO'S PIZZA Meilhat Paul 50°49.55' N 7°35.98' W 6.5 121 3.1 nm
28 * SAMSUNG MOBILE Brault Joseph 50°46.73' N 7°39.00' W 7 115 3.2 nm
29 SKIPPER MACIF Péron Eric 50°44.88' N 7°40.93' W 8.5 109 3.4 nm
30 LENZE Le Gal Franck 50°45.21' N 7°40.65' W 9 107 3.4 nm
31 AGIR RECOUVREMENT Hardy Adrien 50°50.46' N 7°35.73' W 8.5 125 3.4 nm
32 KONE ELEVATORS Berenger Nicolas 50°47.75' N 7°38.57' W 7.5 127 3.5 nm
33 * ALHYANGE ACOUSTIQUE Jacquier Vianney 50°44.43' N 7°42.74' W 8 123 4.2 nm
34 ARNOLFINI.FR Pellecuer Laurent 50°48.19' N 7°39.37' W 9 122 4.2 nm
35 MEDEVENT Bouillard Didier 50°45.52' N 7°41.95' W 10 125 4.3 nm
36 GAVOTTES Nicol Jean-Pierre 50°47.66' N 7°40.25' W 7 118 4.4 nm
37 * OPERA EN PLEIN AIR Samuel Jérome 50°48.35' N 7°39.67' W 8 112 4.4 nm
38 KOGANE Bougard Patrice 50°49.54' N 7°38.74' W 9 124 4.5 nm
39 TRIER C'EST PRESERVER Gouezigoux Laurent 50°48.40' N 7°39.89' W 9 118 4.6 nm
40 * GROUPE LEGRIS INDUSTRIES Espagnon Christophe 50°50.15' N 7°38.62' W 8.5 119 4.8 nm
41 * CAEN NORMANDIE Duc Louis 50°48.84' N 7°40.01' W 8.5 125 4.9 nm
42 * COTES D'ARMOR Le Foll Oswenn 50°46.78' N 7°42.44' W 8.5 120 5.1 nm
43 * ENTREPRENDRE (LAFONT PRESSE) Girolet Matthieu 50°48.28' N 7°41.60' W 7.5 120 5.4 nm
44 SYNERGIE Joschke Isabelle 50°45.16' N 7°44.41' W 8.5 124 5.5 nm
45 * SENOBLE Godart-Philippe Arnaud 50°46.30' N 7°43.88' W 7.5 113 5.7 nm
46 * CINT 56 Livory Yannig 50°46.97' N 7°44.44' W 8 117 6.3 nm
47 * VIRIA LCN Houery Thibault 50°46.28' N 7°45.14' W 8.5 111 6.4 nm
48 * NANNI DIESEL Tannyères Louis-Maurice 50°46.78' N 7°44.99' W 8.5 119 6.5 nm
49 ESPRIT VOILE 50 Jossier Nicolas 50°46.52' N 7°46.01' W 8.5 123 7 nm
50 * ARTEMIS Malbon Jonny 50°54.47' N 7°38.29' W 7 110 7 nm
51 ALL MER INEO GDF SUEZ Loison Alexis 50°47.11' N 7°46.97' W 8.5 117 7.8 nm
52 * SUADEO DECISIONNEL Rateau Christophe 50°51.02' N 7°55.42' W 9.5 117 14.4 nm
 
La Solitaire du Figaro is in its final throws with everything still to play for on this final leg from Dingle, southern Ireland, across the Celtic Sea, up along the south coast of the UK, around Needles Fairway Buoy and across the Channel to the finish in Dieppe.

As ever the Solitaire du Figaro is scored on the old fashioned system of accumulated elapsed time rather than points scored on each leg, so while Jeremie Beyou and his new sponsor Bernard Paoli won the second and third legs, it is Nicolas Lunven who holds the overall lead after three legs. However there remains all to play for with just one hour separating the first 15 boats in the overall results and the toughest leg of the race ahead of the competitors.

Having left Dingle yesterday, so the boats are currently mid-way across the Celtic Sea bound for Land's End. They will be getting sleep in the bag ready for the dealing with the complexities of the south coast of the UK and all the tidal gates competitors in the Rolex Fastnet Race enjoyed last week heading in the opposite direction. Any one in the UK with waterborne transport has the opportunity to see the Figaro fleet as they round Needles fairway buoy (whenever that might be). We will provide an update on their ETA there in due course.

At present the top eight boats are separated by less than a mile, with Fred Duthil leading, but with some big names up there nipping at his heels, including Michel Desjoyeaux, fellow IMOCA 60 skipper Armel le Cleac'h and past winner Charles Caudrelier. And Nigel King is up to 11th just 1.4 miles from the leader!

Weatherwise, the situation remains remarkably unchanged from last week, with the northeast corner of the Azores high encroaching on the race course and according to our PredictWind forecast, this will see the wind backing from the northwest to the south or SSW and lightening over the course of today. Tomorrow the wind is forecast to back further around to the northeast and lighten - so on the nose going up the Channel, adding to the excitment.

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