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Mini Transat fleet turn their bows towards Funchal, but for how long?

Saturday October 1st 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: none selected

Proto class at 1000 GMT

Series class at 1000 GMT

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

Despite what the GRIB files are indicating, it looks like the Proto leaders in the Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 (Mini Transat) have overnight seen the wind backing slightly allowing them to turn their bows on to a more southerly course, closer to laying the finish line at Funchal, Madeira. This indicates that perhaps the SSEerly winds off the Portugese coast are extending further west than the GRIB files show.

Jorg Riechers on mare.de and Sébastien Rogues on Eole Generation - GDF Suez continue to hold a 20 mile advantage over the chasing pack of Protos, however between the 0600 and 1000 scheds this morning Rogues has just pulled into the lead ahead of his German rival. However the big repositioning has been made by David Raison in his scow-shaped Team Work Evolution who over the early hours of this morning tacked southeast, taking up residence on the left side of the course, closer to the great circle. Raison is now just ahead of his Team Work team mate Etienne David, who's easterly position since passing Cape Finisterre has finally paid off. The Swiss Tour Voile veteran has elevated himself from 10th place at the last sched yesterday to fourth this morning.

The leader in the Series class has been moving around over the last 24 hours. At the end of play yesterday Chinese sailor Guo Chuan's westerly flier appeared to have reaped dividends moving him into the lead. This morning Chuan has dropped to fourth with yesterday morning's leader Eric Llull on Noble Cocoa back in front. However it remains close and with a 125 mile spread across the race track from Chuan in the west and Davy Beaudart on Innovea Environnement in the east and with Llull and Fabrice Sorin on Cartoffset in between the contest for the lead looks like being a four boat race.

British competitor Pip Hare on The Potting Shed has dropped to 12th, but is in the midst of the pack some 20.5 miles directly astern of Llull.

Weather-wise the forecast seems to have changed little from yesterday with headwinds extending across the race course. The competitors will use the shift into the southeast to gain some southerly ground for being as east as possible is likely to pay coming into the finish when the wind will return to the south.

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Proto positions at 1000 GMT

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 Dist DTF DTL
    Nom bateau       Between scheds   24 hours      
1 716 ROGUES Sébastien EOLE GENERATION - GDF SUEZ 40° 3.38’ N 013° 55.80’ W 8.94 192 5.72 215 473.34 0
2 753 RIECHERS Jorg MARE.DE 40° 9.36’ N 014° 11.50’ W 6.06 228 5.62 218 475.66 2.32
3 747 RAISON David TEAM WORK EVOLUTION 40° 16.48’ N 013° 11.24’ W 7.99 214 5.11 193 497.01 23.66
4 679 DAVID Etienne TEAMWORK 40° 26.04’ N 013° 12.49’ W 6.72 203 5.99 222 505.6 32.25
5 800 RIOUX Antoine FESTIVAL DES PAINS 40° 39.49’ N 014° 3.95’ W 7.38 186 5.98 220 506.25 32.91
6 802 BERTRAND Etienne CHASSEUR DE PRIMES 40° 36.97’ N 013° 11.71’ W 6.78 203 5.1 210 516.05 42.7
7 756 CARACCI Andrea SPEEDY MALTESE 40° 50.54’ N 014° 1.66’ W 5.6 194 5.39 218 517.38 44.03
8 787 NORMAND Thomas FINANCIERE DE L'ECHIQUIER 40° 46.50’ N 013° 39.86’ W 3.5 205 5.9 228 518.15 44.8
9 754 DELESNE Bertrand ZONE LARGE 40° 58.94’ N 014° 26.66’ W 1.23 180 5.23 219 520.95 47.61
10 509 SCHRODER Lucas BRUNEL 40° 51.74’ N 013° 44.35’ W 3.64 221 5.62 224 522.15 48.81
11 788 CHAPPELLIER Aymeric LA TORTUE DE L'AQUARIUM DE LA ROCHELLE 40° 57.89’ N 014° 11.30’ W 4.67 182 4.89 215 522.63 49.29
12 759 KOLACEK Milan GABEN > FOLLOW ME 40° 52.49’ N 013° 43.23’ W 3.48 208 5.78 224 523.12 49.78
13 198 PICAULT Sébastien KICKERS 40° 48.59’ N 013° 18.23’ W 6.14 195 5.61 223 525.31 51.96
14 719 BOIDEVEZI Nicolas DEFI GDE 41° 7.43’ N 014° 24.74’ W 1.25 135 4.87 221 529.56 56.22
15 347 GELABERT Aleix GAES-ANTAAS 40° 48.73’ N 012° 57.18’ W 6.46 206 5.29 217 530.96 57.62
16 417 DUCROZ Aurélien NISSAN 40° 50.71’ N 012° 55.69’ W 6.21 208 5.13 219 533.22 59.88
17 551 PATOU Henri ECARTIP 41° 4.70’ N 013° 42.56’ W 2.99 199 5.54 229 534.96 61.62
18 797 CAVAGNOUGH Scott www.brainchild.org.au 41° 3.34’ N 013° 26.15’ W 5.51 189 5.36 229 537.36 64.01
19 791 REINHART Thibault ARALDITE® 40° 56.77’ N 013° 1.26’ W 6.33 204 5.24 223 537.38 64.04
20 629 MAUFFRET Louis SOLIDAIRES 41° 3.96’ N 013° 23.63’ W 5.6 197 5.23 224 538.54 65.2
21 814 DARAMY Jean-Baptiste EKI HAIZEA 40° 58.00’ N 012° 59.59’ W 6.18 198 5.3 220 538.98 65.63
22 265 MARETTE Paul REGION NORD PAS DE CALAIS 41° 2.45’ N 013° 12.26’ W 6.23 183 5.55 222 539.89 66.55
23 617 DYTCH Dan SOITEC 40° 58.51’ N 012° 50.77’ W 5.96 195 5.39 217 541.84 68.5
24 741 FERMIN Rémi BOREAL 40° 51.90’ N 012° 10.30’ W 6.62 205 5.06 205 547.85 74.51
25 667 LE BREC Guillaume OCCAMAT / ATD 40° 51.99’ N 011° 44.98’ W 7.27 204 4.85 200 556.39 83.05
26 624 OLIVA Juan-Carlos ZUMEX 41° 17.65’ N 013° 3.37’ W 5.58 201 5.28 227 556.46 83.11
27 454 BOUCHET Romain IB REMARKETING 41° 14.84’ N 012° 52.48’ W 6.18 210 5.35 220 556.64 83.3
28 618 MONTAGNE Lucas ONG CONSEIL 40° 54.37’ N 011° 40.68’ W 7.57 208 4.53 204 560 86.66
29 606 CARME Donatien 606 CHERCHE SPONSOR 41° 17.26’ N 012° 41.95’ W 6.62 208 5.36 218 561.74 88.39
30 574 CREIGHTON Emma POCKET ROCKET 41° 8.60’ N 011° 56.70’ W 6.51 206 4.76 206 567.35 94.01
31 542 ROSSETTI Tiziano UNA VELA PER EMERGENCY 42° 5.64’ N 011° 43.31’ W 5.86 210 5.12 225 623.36 150.02
32 513 GALLO Maurizio YAK 42° 15.38’ N 011° 22.56’ W 6.43 218 5.24 223 638.66 165.31
33 790 KOWALCZYK Radoslaw CALBUD 42° 56.69’ N 011° 12.14’ W 5.96 233 5.06 242 679.38 206.03

Series position at 1000 GMT

 

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 Dist DTF DTL
            Between scheds   24 hours      
1 566 LLULL Eric NOBLE COCOA 40° 56.27’ N 012° 28.39’ W 6.02 199 4.8 214 546.22 0
2 781 SORIN Fabrice CARTOFFSET 41° 13.09’ N 013° 5.82’ W 5.15 196 5.33 221 551.54 5.33
3 674 BEAUDART Davy INNOVEA ENVIRONNEMENT 40° 54.17’ N 011° 42.17’ W 6.37 202 4.57 203 559.3 13.08
4 487 GUO Chuan VASA 41° 36.52’ N 014° 16.03’ W 5.19 233 5.3 231 559.4 13.18
5 746 CIZEAU Pierre MASQHOTEL 41° 13.14’ N 012° 25.86’ W 6.61 213 4.99 218 562.49 16.27
6 599 MARIETTE Benoit ODALYS VACANCES 41° 6.68’ N 012° 5.95’ W 6.6 203 4.72 202 562.65 16.43
7 739 LENGLET Benoît EVASOL 41° 16.28’ N 012° 33.83’ W 6.46 204 5.18 218 563.09 16.87
8 535 MARY Renaud www.runo.fr 41° 12.81’ N 012° 17.31’ W 6.32 202 5.1 217 564.73 18.51
9 554 SABBATINI Giacomo SCUSAMI LE SPALLE 41° 34.91’ N 013° 32.43’ W 5.1 225 5.49 234 566.1 19.89
10 514 BOUYSSOU Clément DOUET DISTRIBUTION 41° 9.15’ N 012° 0.69’ W 6.36 206 4.77 210 566.56 20.34
11 519 DIDAC Costa SALAO 41° 7.79’ N 011° 56.78’ W 6.4 210 5.52 216 566.6 20.38
12 743 HARE Pip THE POTTING SHED 41° 19.36’ N 012° 30.83’ W 6.1 211 4.77 214 566.8 20.58
13 767 ENDT Ysbrand PRIME OF THE NORTH SEA 41° 12.08’ N 011° 55.00’ W 6.16 210 5.1 214 571.05 24.83
14 455 GAHINET Gwénolé ASSO WATEVER - gwenolegahinet.com 41° 5.03’ N 011° 27.95’ W 6.89 204 4.08 200 573.92 27.7
15 552 BRASSEUR Pierre VOILES OCEAN 41° 15.84’ N 011° 51.01’ W 6.4 203 4.95 210 575.74 29.52
16 539 LAURIERE Benoit www.teamkalonig.com 41° 23.24’ N 012° 8.85’ W 5.87 203 4.82 212 576.85 30.63
17 772 BRÄNDSTRÖM Ulf GRPMS.COM 41° 29.40’ N 012° 21.49’ W 5.85 203 4.89 216 578.76 32.54
18 512 HOEBLER Cyril OCEARIUM DU CROISIC 41° 12.39’ N 011° 32.23’ W 6.99 206 5.6 213 578.95 32.73
19 721 CHOMBART DE LAUWE Pascal XANLITE 41° 22.38’ N 011° 58.97’ W 6.21 200 4.91 212 579.11 32.89
20 596 CHAVARRIA Renaud BEZIERS MEDITERRANEE 41° 7.37’ N 011° 18.19’ W 6.6 208 5.34 213 579.46 33.24
21 758 TEN BRINKE Christa RAN OF THE NORTH SEA 41° 24.16’ N 012° 1.48’ W 6.09 203 4.71 210 579.94 33.73
22 473 GUILLONNEAU Jean Claude ZERLINE 41° 21.88’ N 011° 53.35’ W 5.79 195 5.6 221 580.44 34.22
23 527 LAVAYSSIERE Hugo ARES&Co. 41° 38.77’ N 012° 19.08’ W 5.73 204 4.81 219 588.11 41.89
24 591 BLANCHARD Florian MC TECHNOLOGIES 41° 30.16’ N 011° 46.76’ W 6.52 207 4.94 213 590.05 43.83
25 405 CLAVEAU Mathieu OKOUME LES CHEVAUX DU BEAL 41° 23.03’ N 011° 25.57’ W 6.04 195 4.82 207 590.7 44.48
26 745 BEYER Susanne PENELOPE 41° 36.09’ N 012° 0.95’ W 6.43 212 4.88 216 591 44.79
27 757 ARCHIN Brendan ASSOCIATION LA TOULINE 41° 35.72’ N 011° 50.28’ W 6.58 205 5 213 593.97 47.75
28 602 ROSEN JACOBSON Robert NED602 41° 37.58’ N 011° 52.07’ W 6.2 210 4.71 212 595.09 48.87
29 636 MADDEN Jorge SAMSARA 41° 41.70’ N 012° 4.41’ W 5.98 208 4.77 212 595.1 48.88
30 529 GAILEY Bruce BLACK MAMBA 41° 36.58’ N 011° 49.11’ W 6.2 199 4.64 208 595.11 48.89
31 660 DUVIGNAC Marie CHRISTOPHE JOSSE - PARIS 41° 28.18’ N 011° 18.41’ W 6.8 204 5.04 210 597.75 51.54
32 704 GESI Simone DAGADA' - SPIRITO DI MAREMMA 41° 26.56’ N 011° 14.09’ W 6.26 207 5.19 216 597.83 51.62
33 585 BOSSYNS Bert FELICITY II 41° 38.58’ N 011° 25.10’ W 6.59 212 4.62 213 604.73 58.51
34 435 KERBOURIOU Vincent CGGVERITAS 41° 50.87’ N 011° 55.84’ W 6.72 210 4.47 213 606.07 59.85
35 697 FRANCOIS Amaury GROUPE QUALITEL 41° 32.56’ N 011° 4.17’ W 6.84 204 4.81 208 606.63 60.42
36 626 FREELS Björn RIKKI TIKKI 41° 51.04’ N 011° 52.87’ W 6.6 206 4.51 212 607.12 60.9
37 728 PRONO David Get It Right, www.esi-group.com 41° 34.09’ N 011° 3.25’ W 6.55 208 5.31 216 608.31 62.09
38 737 PAMIR Tolga YAKAMOZ 41° 54.47’ N 011° 51.96’ W 5.98 200 4.2 202 610.53 64.31
39 769 FRATTARUOLO Sergio BOLOGNA IN OCEANO 42° 38.12’ N 013° 50.57’ W 4.54 243 5.06 241 623.72 77.5
40 796 GROUX Nicolas COUVAC 41° 52.90’ N 011° 1.47’ W 5.51 205 4.15 204 625.54 79.32
41 472 CHUH Kan VMAX 42° 22.72’ N 012° 0.30’ W 6.18 220 5.85 233 634.09 87.87
42 230 BERTRAND Serge MINIMUM 42° 27.25’ N 011° 28.37’ W 5.89 208 4.6 216 647.62 101.41
43 744 SIMONNET Bruno EL NONO 42° 17.24’ N 010° 37.27’ W 3.63 223 4.17 227 655.49 109.27
44 708 ROBIN Fabienne HOROQUARTZ 43° 8.77’ N 010° 55.74’ W 2.44 187 4.7 243 695.39 149.17
45 774 OGER Jean-Marie BRAZIL FOREST - E.LECLERC 43° 26.58’ N 008° 31.62’ W 3.6 277 0.32 306 770.12 223.9
NC 520 PENDIBENE Andrea INTERMATICA - ITA 520     0   0   0 -546.22
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