David Raison's scow takes the lead

Short blast of downwind sailing as the Mini Transat fleet cross the Bay of Biscay

Tuesday September 27th 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: France

Weather situation

Series class - click to enlarge

Charts above courtesy of Expedition/Tasman Bay Navigation Systems and PredictWind. Click to enlarge. Latest scheds below.

The 79 solo sailors competing in the Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 (Mini Transat) are likely to have had a bumpy night as they cross the continental shelf, where the sea floor plummets from around 150m to around 4000m.

In the Proto class it is the two 'Team Work' boats, one sailed by Tour Voile veteran Etienne David and the 'bathtub', the innovative scow designed and sailed by David Raison have been doing well. Raison took the lead from David overnight, his TeamWork Innovation in the mid-left of the race track, now 6.5 miles ahead of second placed Nicolas Boidevezi on Defi GDE and 11.5 miles ahead of third placed Sebastien Rogues on Eole Generation - GDF Suez, both boats to the north of Raison after all three gybed last night. Yesterday morning's leader Jorg Reichers on mare.de is down to fifth with Etienne David now eighth.

In the leader in the Series class is now 35 miles astern of the Proto leader, who is surprisingly Gwenole Gahinet aboard one of the older Pogo 2s. However the Gahinet name is well known in France - his father Gilles was a famous yacht designer and a two time winner of La Solitaire du Figaro. However he has Pierre Brasseur on Voiles Oceans and Clement Bouyssou on Douet Distribution within a mile of him, also both sailing Pogo 2s. Brasseur is one of the favourites for the Series win, this being his third attempt on the Mini Transat having sailed the last race in the Proto class.

Among the Brits Pip Hare on The Potting Shed is down to 29th, 20 miles off the lead in the Series class, while Dan Dytch on Soitec is 21st in the Protos some 30 miles astern of Raison.

Weather-wise, at present there seems to be more pressure on the race course than yesterday's forecast indicated there would be today with 15-20 knots from the east or the southeast (for those further south). However is only likely to last for the morning with the centre of the weak high hovering over the race course again this afternoon and it still being pretty unclear whether it is better to go north or south. About the only thing that is certain is that a north Atlantic depression encroaches on to the race course by tomorrow (Wednesday) night, bring with it 15-20 knot southerlies. Later in the week a N-S orientated trough develops just off the Bay of Biscay and the only way to get out of the southerlies will be to head west to the opposite side of this trough and into the northwesterlies there.

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Positions at 1000GMT - Series class

 

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 Dist DTF DTL
1 455 GAHINET Gwénolé ASSO WATEVER - gwenolegahinet.com 45 12.98’ N 005 18.75’ W 5.5 250 5.41 260 943.25 0
2 552 BRASSEUR Pierre VOILES OCEAN 45 16.65’ N 005 21.12’ W 6.02 256 5.47 263 943.92 0.67
3 514 BOUYSSOU Clément DOUET DISTRIBUTION 45 14.07’ N 005 18.03’ W 5.85 249 5.38 261 944.27 1.02
4 527 LAVAYSSIERE Hugo ARES&Co. 45 3.38’ N 005 7.28’ W 4.27 245 5.21 259 945.07 1.83
5 596 CHAVARRIA Renaud BEZIERS MEDITERRANEE 44 58.64’ N 005 2.65’ W 4.63 242 5.07 253 945.61 2.37
6 535 MARY Renaud www.runo.fr 45 14.02’ N 005 15.60’ W 6.11 248 5.38 263 945.68 2.43
7 674 BEAUDART Davy INNOVEA ENVIRONNEMENT 45 20.01’ N 005 17.57’ W 6.26 246 5.4 262 947.88 4.63
8 774 OGER Jean-Marie BRAZIL FOREST - E.LECLERC 45 7.77’ N 005 1.76’ W 5.9 268 5.1 255 950.65 7.41
9 435 KERBOURIOU Vincent CGGVERITAS 45 3.90’ N 004 57.27’ W 5.07 263 5.11 253 951.48 8.23
10 739 LENGLET Benoît EVASOL 45 23.82’ N 005 15.05’ W 6.66 261 5.31 264 951.52 8.27
11 520 PENDIBENE Andrea INTERMATICA - ITA 520 45 22.70’ N 005 13.32’ W 6.32 257 5.29 263 951.87 8.62
12 781 SORIN Fabrice CARTOFFSET 45 26.95’ N 005 16.94’ W 6.54 253 5.4 265 952.27 9.02
13 599 MARIETTE Benoit ODALYS VACANCES 45 16.96’ N 005 1.70’ W 6.83 269 5.07 259 955.5 12.25
14 697 FRANCOIS Amaury GROUPE QUALITEL 45 12.53’ N 004 56.44’ W 7.02 259 4.98 257 956.32 13.07
15 602 ROSEN JACOBSON Robert NED602 45 16.77’ N 004 59.37’ W 6.82 263 4.91 262 956.78 13.53
16 746 CIZEAU Pierre MASQHOTEL 45 26.64’ N 005 7.45’ W 6.78 255 5.13 263 957.51 14.27
17 796 GROUX Nicolas COUVAC 45 17.49’ N 004 58.52’ W 6.89 262 4.94 259 957.67 14.42
18 529 GAILEY Bruce BLACK MAMBA 45 15.49’ N 004 56.07’ W 6.81 255 4.99 258 958.08 14.83
19 473 GUILLONNEAU Jean Claude ZERLINE 45 24.54’ N 005 3.00’ W 7.66 252 5.12 262 958.89 15.64
20 767 END Ysbrandt PRIME OF THE NORTH SEA 45 27.75’ N 005 5.78’ W 7.07 244 5.14 263 959.11 15.86
21 512 HOEBLER Cyril OCEARIUM DU CROIZIC 45 12.51’ N 004 50.97’ W 6.65 249 4.79 257 959.62 16.38
22 566 LLULL Eric NOBLE COCOA 45 26.44’ N 005 3.26’ W 7.19 238 5.06 263 959.82 16.57
23 487 GUO Chuan VASA 45 33.01’ N 005 9.73’ W 6.84 241 5.17 268 959.94 16.69
24 758 TEN BRINKE Christa RAN OF THE NORTH SEA 45 32.30’ N 005 8.38’ W 6.78 248 5.18 265 960.29 17.04
25 585 BOSSYNS Bert FELICITY II 45 22.35’ N 004 57.68’ W 7.38 251 5 260 960.79 17.55
26 554 SABBATINI Giacomo SCUSAMI LE SPALLE 45 26.22’ N 005 0.73’ W 7.13 248 5.05 261 961.15 17.91
27 769 FRATTARUOLO Sergio BOLOGNA IN OCEANO 45 32.01’ N 005 5.92’ W 6.52 251 4.99 269 961.5 18.26
28 539 LAURIERE Benoit www.teamkalonig.com 45 34.12’ N 005 6.23’ W 6.5 241 5.1 267 962.58 19.33
29 743 HARE Pip THE POTTING SHED 45 28.50’ N 004 59.38’ W 6.98 241 4.92 265 963.23 19.98
30 660 DUVIGNAC Marie CHRISTOPHE JOSSE - PARIS 44 59.85’ N 004 34.43’ W 6.15 257 4.66 247 963.91 20.66
31 405 CLAVEAU Mathieu OKOUME LES CHEVAUX DU BEAL 45 21.72’ N 004 47.72’ W 6 255 4.68 259 966.36 23.11
32 519 DIDAC Costa SALAO 45 27.74’ N 004 51.07’ W 6.66 252 4.72 264 967.64 24.39
33 721 CHOMBART DE LAUWE Pascal XANLITE 45 36.89’ N 004 56.43’ W 5.97 243 4.84 268 969.75 26.51
34 704 GESI Simone DAGADA - SPIRITO DI MAREMMA 45 31.71’ N 004 43.75’ W 6.66 258 4.63 263 974.11 30.86
35 591 BLANCHARD Florian MC TECHNOLOGIES 45 34.52’ N 004 41.80’ W 6.55 231 4.5 264 976.81 33.56
36 728 PRONO David Get It Right, www.esi-group.com 45 36.33’ N 004 40.18’ W 6.64 238 4.58 260 978.76 35.51
37 744 SIMONNET Bruno EL NONO 45 17.75’ N 004 23.39’ W 7.56 248 4.35 248 979.11 35.86
38 757 ARCHIN Brendan ASSOCIATION LA TOULINE 45 40.00’ N 004 42.02’ W 6.23 232 4.46 268 979.78 36.53
39 626 FREELS Björn RIKKI TIKKI 45 37.47’ N 004 38.98’ W 6.57 241 4.53 265 980.1 36.85
40 772 BRÄNDSTRÖM Ulf GRPMS.COM 45 42.21’ N 004 40.09’ W 6.18 243 4.44 268 982.15 38.91
41 636 MADDEN Jorge SAMSARA 45 37.32’ N 004 31.70’ W 6.36 245 4.33 252 984.25 41
42 737 PAMIR Tolga YAKAMOZ 45 38.57’ N 004 26.17’ W 5.41 225 4.28 261 988.17 44.92
43 745 BEYER Susanne PENELOPE 45 34.37’ N 004 20.00’ W 6.36 245 4.08 257 989.56 46.31
44 708 ROBIN Fabienne HOROQUARTZ 45 44.78’ N 004 20.82’ W 6.33 224 4.2 267 994.71 51.46
45 472 CHUH Kan VMAX 45 18.43’ N 003 53.23’ W 6.08 245 3.81 242 998.21 54.97
46 230 BERTRAND Serge MINIMUM 45 43.33’ N 004 11.41’ W 4.29 236 3.86 264 999.42 56.18

Positions at 1000GMT - Proto class

 

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 Dist DTF DTL
1 747 RAISON David TEAM WORK EVOLUTION 44 58.81’ N 005 49.30’ W 7.48 241 6.28 257 917.43 0
2 719 BOIDEVEZI Nicolas DEFI GDE 45 11.38’ N 005 50.64’ W 7.13 255 6.2 262 923.95 6.52
3 716 ROGUES Sébastien EOLE GENERATION - GDF SUEZ 45 21.02’ N 005 52.24’ W 8.63 233 6.28 264 929.02 11.59
4 800 RIOUX Antoine FESTIVAL DES PAINS 45 14.38’ N 005 43.90’ W 7.35 231 6.11 263 929.55 12.12
5 753 RIECHERS Jorg MARE.DE 45 30.48’ N 005 59.97’ W 8.48 239 6.37 270 931.12 13.68
6 791 REINHART Thibault ARALDITE® 45 8.52’ N 005 34.43’ W 5.37 244 5.82 261 931.58 14.14
7 754 DELESNE Bertrand ZONE LARGE 45 29.66’ N 005 54.63’ W 8.33 246 6.34 267 933.36 15.92
8 679 DAVID Etienne TEAMWORK 44 59.35’ N 005 23.13’ W 5.04 248 5.57 257 933.37 15.93
9 759 KOLACEK Milan GABEN > FOLLOW ME 45 7.16’ N 005 27.93’ W 5.56 259 5.72 257 934.64 17.21
10 787 NORMAND Thomas FINANCIERE DE L'ECHIQUIER 44 58.43’ N 005 17.64’ W 3.76 253 5.65 252 936.25 18.82
11 667 LE BREC Guillaume OCCAMAT / ATD 44 51.60’ N 005 6.72’ W 3.14 249 5.45 248 939.76 22.33
12 198 PICAULT Sébastien KICKERS 45 12.01’ N 005 22.64’ W 5.43 269 5.54 258 940.43 23
13 618 MONTAGNE Lucas ONG CONSEIL 44 49.98’ N 005 3.57’ W 2.91 246 5.21 248 941.01 23.58
14 802 BERTRAND Etienne CHASSEUR DE PRIMES 45 29.06’ N 005 38.81’ W 6.56 255 5.92 266 941.42 23.99
15 788 CHAPPELLIER Aymeric LA TORTUE DE L'AQUARIUM DE LA ROCHELLE 45 22.30’ N 005 30.69’ W 6.67 260 5.81 256 941.74 24.31
16 347 GELABERT Aleix GAES-ANTAAS 45 20.57’ N 005 26.87’ W 6.18 268 5.59 263 942.88 25.44
17 509 SCHRODER Lucas BRUNEL 45 24.56’ N 005 30.99’ W 6.47 255 5.78 264 942.94 25.5
18 741 FERMIN Rémi BOREAL 44 50.99’ N 004 57.53’ W 3.11 259 5.08 248 945.31 27.87
19 454 BOUCHET Romain IB REMARKETING 45 29.83’ N 005 30.60’ W 6.77 264 5.61 268 946.39 28.96
20 756 CARACCI Andrea SPEEDY MALTESE 45 33.39’ N 005 33.66’ W 7.61 256 5.8 268 946.96 29.53
21 617 DYTCH Dan SOITEC 45 25.29’ N 005 24.24’ W 6.83 257 5.67 263 947.16 29.73
22 624 OLIVA Juan-Carlos ZUMEX 45 23.26’ N 005 21.12’ W 7.47 248 5.48 263 947.73 30.3
23 265 MARETTE Paul REGION NORD PAS DE CALAIS 45 28.27’ N 005 24.52’ W 6.48 239 5.53 265 948.81 31.37
24 797 CAVAGNOUGH Scott www.brainchild.org.au 45 27.63’ N 005 17.28’ W 6.96 248 5.54 263 952.49 35.05
25 417 DUCROZ Aurélien NISSAN 45 28.69’ N 005 18.26’ W 7.36 252 5.42 265 952.56 35.13
26 574 CREIGHTON Emma POCKET ROCKET 45 25.96’ N 005 13.12’ W 6.55 251 5.29 263 953.87 36.43
27 814 DARAMY Jean-Baptiste EKI HAIZEA 45 29.75’ N 005 11.18’ W 7.37 260 5.27 264 957.19 39.76
28 606 CARME Donatien 606 CHERCHE SPONSOR 45 46.14’ N 005 27.26’ W 5.74 253 5.64 268 958.63 41.2
29 551 PATOU Henri ECARTIP 45 39.03’ N 005 9.75’ W 7.14 246 5.23 268 963.57 46.14
30 629 MAUFFRET Louis SOLIDAIRES 45 59.67’ N 005 17.45’ W 7.22 247 5.36 278 972.74 55.31
31 542 ROSSETTI Tiziano UNA VELA PER EMERGENCY 45 36.32’ N 004 40.63’ W 6.53 240 4.43 267 978.49 61.06
32 790 KOWALCZYK Radoslaw CALBUD 45 0.32’ N 003 53.64’ W 6.5 251 3.86 238 990.34 72.91
33 513 GALLO Maurizio YAK 45 42.73’ N 004 23.67’ W 5.02 233 3.96 268 991.91 74.48
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