Figaro restart

Erwan Tabarly noses into the lead as the Solitaire fleet approaches the Channel Islands

Tuesday August 23rd 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: France

The Channel Islands are lining up to throw another spanner in the works on the final leg of La Solitaire du Figaro today.

Late yesterday afternoon the 44 remain boats negotiated the Chenal du Four in four clusters of boats. At the last sched yesterday leg and overall leader Jeremie Beyou on BPI held a solid 0.6m lead as the front runners emerged back into the English Channel, but with 11 boats in a tight group, all within 1.5 miles of him.

Another mile back was a second group headed by Fred Duthil on Sepalumic, including Phil Sharp's The Spirit of Independence in 18th place, while the fourth group unfortunately included the three remaining Brits, Nigel King, Conrad Humphreys and Sam Goodchild, although they were in good company this group led by Figaro veteran Gildas Morvan on Cercle Verte. 

This morning the boats are approaching the Channel Islands and as skippers get desperate there is some corner banging going on with Francisco Lobato on ROFF furthest to the right (nearest the northern coast of Brittany) with Eric Peron on MACIF 2009 furthest offshore. Beyou has also lost his lead with Erwan Tabarly (nephew of) on Nacarat nominally ahead of Beyou, Fabien Delahaye and MACIF 2011 skipper Paul Meilhat.

Phil Sharp hasn't had a great night and has plummeted to 30th, although entering his home waters maybe some local knowledge will come to bear over the course the day.

Weather-wise at present conditions are extreme light with a shallow depresson currently to their east over northern France, although there is perhaps a little more than the GRIBs are showing as the boats are still making 4-6 knots. This afternoon, the wind, still remaining light, is forecast to back into the east.

Positions at 0900 GMT

Pos Skipper Boat Lat Long Spd Crs DTF/L
1  TABARLY Erwan NACARAT 49 14.14' N 2 55.50' W 4 60 165.70 nm
2  JOSSIER Nicolas Entreprendre en Pays Granvillais 49 14.93' N 2 56.92' W 5.7 63 0.30 nm
3  MEILHAT Paul MACIF 2011 49 13.92' N 2 56.00' W 4.8 61 0.40 nm
4  DELAHAYE Fabien PORT DE CAEN OUISTREHAM 49 13.79' N 2 56.05' W 4.4 52 0.50 nm
5  BEYOU Jérémie BPI 49 13.72' N 2 56.28' W 4.3 52 0.70 nm
6  HARDY Adrien AGIR Recouvrement 49 14.52' N 2 57.56' W 5.8 60 0.80 nm
7  JOSCHKE Isabelle Galettes Saint Michel 49 14.80' N 2 58.47' W 6.3 55 1.10 nm
8  RUYANT Thomas DESTINATION DUNKERQUE 49 14.48' N 2 58.68' W 6 56 1.40 nm
9  RIVET Frédéric VENDEE 1 49 14.12' N 2 58.12' W 5.7 56 1.40 nm
10  PERON Eric MACIF 2009 49 16.89' N 3 01.76' W 6.3 56 1.70 nm
11  LITTOZ-BARITEL Alexis SAVOIE MONT-BLANC 49 13.84' N 2 59.84' W 6.2 57 2.40 nm
12  MORVAN Gildas CERCLE VERT 49 13.36' N 2 59.24' W 6.8 67 2.40 nm
13  LOBATO Francisco ROFF 49 09.19' N 2 59.89' W 5.1 41 2.80 nm
14  LAGRAVIERE Morgan VENDEE 49 12.85' N 3 00.02' W 6.7 60 3.10 nm
15  DROUGLAZET Eric LUISINA 49 11.45' N 2 58.78' W 5.7 61 3.30 nm
16  PELLECUER Laurent ATELIER D'ARCHITECTURE JEAN PIERRE MONIER 49 12.35' N 3 03.13' W 2.5 40 3.90 nm
17  MARCHAND Anthony BRETAGNE-CREDIT MUTUEL ESPOIR 49 12.40' N 3 00.94' W 7.1 68 3.90 nm
18  SHARP Phil The Spirit of Independence 49 11.80' N 3 00.41' W 6.2 53 4.00 nm
19  SVILARICH Etienne Volkswagen Think Blue 49 15.52' N 3 04.58' W 5.9 48 4.00 nm
20  LOISON Alexis Port Chantereyne Cherbourg-Octeville 49 13.50' N 3 02.69' W 6.7 60 4.10 nm
21  ROUXEL Thomas BRETAGNE-CREDIT MUTUEL PERFORMANCE 49 12.20' N 3 01.16' W 6.8 60 4.10 nm
22  BIARNES Vincent PRATI'BÛCHES 49 12.44' N 3 01.62' W 6.9 63 4.20 nm
23  NICOL Jean-Pierre BERNARD CONTROLS 49 12.19' N 3 01.33' W 6.4 60 4.20 nm
24  CHABAGNY Thierry GEDIMAT 49 12.34' N 3 01.67' W 7 64 4.30 nm
25  MACAIRE Xavier STARTER ACTIVE BRIDGE 49 11.60' N 3 00.89' W 6.5 62 4.30 nm
26  LUNVEN Nicolas GENERALI 49 11.50' N 3 00.89' W 6.4 61 4.40 nm
27  EMIG Marc ENSEMBLE AUTOUR DU MONDE 49 11.99' N 3 01.38' W 6.5 63 4.40 nm
28  ATTANASIO Romain SAVEOL 49 11.23' N 3 00.68' W 6.5 60 4.50 nm
29  GREGOIRE Jeanne BANQUE POPULAIRE 49 12.23' N 3 01.90' W 6.8 60 4.50 nm
30  MONNET Jean-Charles PARIS 15 - Château Peyrat Fourthon 49 13.24' N 3 03.13' W 6.9 65 4.50 nm
31  MOUREN Jean-Paul GROUPE SNEF 49 13.05' N 3 03.42' W 6.3 72 4.80 nm
32  GOUEZIGOUX Laurent VALORISONS 49 22.11' N 3 11.51' W 6.5 69 4.80 nm
33  DALIN Charlie Keopsys 49 12.05' N 3 02.24' W 6.6 53 4.80 nm
34  HUMPHREYS Conrad DMS 49 12.85' N 3 03.28' W 6.9 63 4.80 nm
35  BOTHUON Michel LES RECYCLEURS BRETONS 49 19.37' N 3 09.56' W 6.2 60 4.90 nm
36  GOODCHILD Sam Artemis 49 11.47' N 3 02.50' W 6.9 63 5.30 nm
37  DUTHIL Frédéric SEPALUMIC 49 10.14' N 3 04.32' W 3 46 5.50 nm
38  LIVORY Yannig ONE NETWORK ENERGIES 49 13.55' N 3 05.74' W 6.5 66 5.70 nm
39  RICHOMME Yoann DLBC 49 11.20' N 3 07.04' W 4.5 33 5.70 nm
40  GIROLET Matthieu ENTREPRENDRE (LAFONT PRESSE) 49 13.69' N 3 06.22' W 6.7 62 5.90 nm
41  LE GARREC Loic SAVEURS D'EVENEMENTS 49 13.71' N 3 06.35' W 6.6 58 6.00 nm
42  PICAULT Sébastien KICKERS 49 12.54' N 3 05.66' W 7 67 6.30 nm
43  KING Nigel E-Line Orthodontics 49 10.75' N 3 04.01' W 7.3 69 6.50 nm
44  GODART-PHILIPPE Arnaud SENOBLE 49 09.59' N 3 14.02' W 6.6 51 12.40 nm
ABD  GUILLOU Damien La Solidarité Mutualiste          
ABD  SINEAU David BRITANIE COSMETIQUES          
ABD  TANNYERES Louis Maurice ST ERICSSON          

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