Route du Rhum update

Latest arrivals into the French Caribbean hotspot, Miranda Merron has an encounter + 1100GMT positions

Since the weekend all the 60ft trimarans - all three of them - are now berthed in Guadeloupe. In the Open 60 class Joe Seeten aboard Arcelor-Dunkerque (sistership to Ecover) managed to fend off the charge from hot favourite Roland Jourdain, who earlier in the race was forced to put into Madeira to replace his mainsail.

See page 2 for the latest from Miranda Merron
Page 3 on the finish of Marc Guillemot,
Page 4 Lalou Roucayrol, third trimaran home
Page 5 Joé Seeten takes third in the Open 60 class
Page 6 Franck--Yves Escoffier is the first 'amateur' home
Page 7 Roland Jourdain on Sill - fourth Open 60

Positions 26/11/02 11:00:00 GMT
Pos	Nom	Skipper	Lat	Long	Dist	SOG	COG
60ft tris
1	Géant	Michel Desjoyeaux	16 13.26' N	61 31.74' W		0.2	220
2	Biscuits La Trinitaine - Ethypharm	Marc Guillemot	16 13.32' N	61 31.80' W		0	0
3	Banque Populaire	Lalou Roucayrol	16 13.26' N	61 31.74' W		0	0
ABD	Fujifilm	Loick Peyron
ABD	Banque Covefi	Bertrand deBroc
ABD	Sergio Tacchini	Karine Fauconnier
ABD	Sopra Group	Philippe Monnet
ABD	Bayer CropSciences	Frederic Le Peutrec
ABD	Belgacom	Jean-Luc Nélias
ABD	Foncia	Alain Gautier
ABD	Groupama	Franck Cammas
ABD	Rexona Men	Yvan Bourgnon
ABD	Sodebo	Thomas Coville
ABD	TIM	Giovanni Soldini
ABD	TechnoMarine	Steve Ravussin
ABD	Gitana X	Lionel Lemonchois
ABD	Eure&Loir-Lorénove	Francis Joyon
ABD	Bonduelle	Jean Le Cam
Open 60 monohulls
1	Kingfisher	Ellen McArthur	16 13.26' N	61 31.80' W		0	270
2	Ecover	Mike Golding	16 13.32' N	61 31.80' W		0	34
3	Arcelor-Dunkerque	Joé Seten	16 14.16' N	61 32.08' W		4.2	356
4	Sill	Roland Jourdain	16 14.12' N	61 32.08' W		0	0
5	L'Heautontimoroumenos	Antoine Koch	15 15.00' N	59 26.00' W	148.5	12	237
6	Garnier Belgium	Patrick De Radiguès	15 05.72' N	58 27.52' W	229.5	12	293
7	60ème Sud	Didier Munduteguy	16 53.00' N	52 21.40' W	572.2	10	288
8	Un Univers de Services	Miranda Merron	16 59.64' N	49 23.94' W	727.8	9	229
9	Tir Groupé-Montres Yéma	Mike Birch	18 15.84' N	47 20.64' W	865.7	9.2	277
10	Millimages-Gédéon	Patrick Favre	17 58.00' N	44 33.00' W	1016.9	8.7	236
11	Dinan Pays d'Entreprises	Frédéric Lescot	25 53.88' N	43 04.52' W	1231.9	6.3	197
12	Ciments St Laurent-Ocean	Georges Leblanc	20 48.16' N	39 40.52' W	1316.9	8	281
ABD	Virbac	Jean Pierre Dick
ABD	VMI	Sébastien Josse
ABD	La Rage de Vivre	Loïck Pochet
ABD	Leasecom	Elie Canivenc
ABD	Temenos	Dominique Wavre
Class 1 monos
1	Ville de Dinard	Bruno Reibel	26 15.08' N	34 49.72' W	1652.8	1.3	214
ABD	Un Autre Regard Ensemble pour l'UNHCR	Nicolas  Peitrequin
Class 2 monos
1	Ashfield Healthcare	Nick Moloney	19 08.00' N	56 12.40' W	399.4	10	224
2	Florys	Luc Coquelin	19 56.44' N	52 46.00' W	594.2	9.7	243
3	Branec III	Roger Langevin	21 07.92' N	49 55.24' W	769.3	7.7	235
4	Mille Visages	Hervé Vachée	18 33.48' N	45 44.24' W	958.7	7.1	238
5	Laiterie St Malo	Clément Surtel	18 33.72' N	44 59.96' W	1000.4	9	299
6	Adecco Etoile Horizon	Bob Escoffier	21 11.68' N	35 55.32' W	1524.8	7.6	239
ABD	Apic A3S	Christophe Huchet
ABD	République Dominicaine	Yannick Bestaven
ABD	Défi Vendéen	J. F. Durand
Class 3 monos
1	Storagetek	Regis Guillemot	19 44.46' N	49 43.14' W	733.8	9.5	233
2	Passion Entreprendre	Jérôme Thiriez	20 45.76' N	37 10.40' W	1455.4	6.1	264
3	Grain de Soleil	Etienne Svilarich	22 42.08' N	32 31.60' W	1728	7.3	226
ABD	Hellomoto	Conrad Humphreys
ABD	Fantasy-Forest	Alain Grinda
Class 2 multis
1	Crepes Whaou!	F. Y. Escofier	16 14.16' N	61 32.10' W		0	0
2	Yachting-casino.com	Anne Cazeneuve	16 24.96' N	58 29.82' W	214.4	8.2	237
3	Vaincre la mucoviscidose	Hervé Cleris	16 05.70' N	54 27.90' W	445.1	12	235
4	Archipel Guadeloupe	Claude Thelier	15 50.34' N	53 43.74' W	486.5	12	276
5	Lehning-Lapeyre-Blanchet-Gourbeyre	P.Y. Guennec	20 49.08' N	40 56.48' W	1257.4	9.1	219
ABD	E-Sat Tri Sélectif	Pascal Quintin
ABD	Groupe France Epargne	Patrick Morvan
ABD	Chaleur Fioul Elan	Didier Levillain