Scow back into first

Wind soon to turn favourable in the Mini Transat

Sunday October 2nd 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.

Overnight David Raison's mighty scow, Team Work Evolution, has pulled into the lead in the Mini Transat's opening leg down to Funchal, Madeira. At this morning's 0600 sched the Proto class leaders had passed the latitude of Lisbon with 338 miles to go to the finish line. What the GRIB files aren't showing is the cold front associated with the depression the Proto leaders are sailing into the middle of. Yesterday the winds from this were causing one of the support vessels accompanying the Mini fleet to put in three reefs... However over the course of today this front is weakening as the depression slinks off to the west, leaving the area of high pressure still over the Iberian peninsula to start encroaching on to the race course.

While Raison has pulled ahead, the fight for first is still three-way with second placed Sébastien Rogues on Eole Generation-GDF Suez 12 miles west of the scow and Germany's Jorg Riechers on mare.de further west still, the top three boats separated by 3 miles in terms of distance to finish. This group has a 25 mile lead on fourth placed Antoine Rioux on Festival des Pains, which remains considerably further out to the northwest of the lead trio, 65 miles from Team Work Evolution on the water.

About 90 miles back up the race course, approaching the latitude of Lisbon, Eric Llull on Cocoa Noble continues to dominate the Series class and this morning is 12 miles in front of the nearest competition. Behind there is a whole gaggle of Minis, around 10 immediately astern of Cocoa Noble, with Fabrice Sorin on Cartoffset still holding second, the most westerly of the chasing pack, while third placed Benoit Mariette on Odalys Vacances is more or less directly astern of the leader and Davy Beaudart on Innovea Environnement out to the east now down to seventh. Britain's hope, Pip Hare on the Potting Shed has dropped to 14th place, on a track similar to the leader but 29 miles behind. Guo Chuan on Vasa remains way out to the west but is now down to 15th.

Weather-wise the forecast indicates the situation has changed from what was being shown yesterday with a lobe of the high pressure over the Iberian Peninsula now extending southwest tonight. The trend on Monday is that there will be pressure, albeit from the south on the west side of the race course and substantially less pressure and more from the east on the east side of the course. However the good news is the latest forecast indicates on Monday afternoon the high shrinking back towards Spain and the low out in the central Atlantic shifting further south than previously being shown, leaving behind it more favourable southeasterlies across the race course, the wind continually backing into the northeast towards the middle of the week - ie it will be a fast finish.

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Proto positions at 0600 GMT

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd Dist DTF DTL
            Between scheds   24 hours      
1 747 RAISON David TEAM WORK EVOLUTION 37° 53.94’ N 014° 44.36’ W 7.46 228 7.82 207 338.45 0
2 716 ROGUES Sébastien EOLE GENERATION - GDF SUEZ 37° 57.64’ N 014° 58.15’ W 0.01 222 6.57 201 338.96 0.51
3 753 RIECHERS Jorg MARE.DE 38° 1.55’ N 015° 3.98’ W 6.72 214 6.36 198 341.58 3.14
4 800 RIOUX Antoine FESTIVAL DES PAINS 38° 31.43’ N 015° 53.55’ W 6.29 221 7.03 213 364.16 25.71
5 679 DAVID Etienne TEAMWORK 38° 18.62’ N 014° 16.49’ W 6.59 209 6.78 202 368.84 30.39
6 509 SCHRODER Lucas BRUNEL 38° 47.24’ N 015° 26.88’ W 6.38 214 6.74 215 382.7 44.25
7 759 KOLACEK Milan GABEN > FOLLOW ME 38° 53.30’ N 015° 44.37’ W 5.22 216 6.87 220 386.73 48.29
8 802 BERTRAND Etienne CHASSEUR DE PRIMES 38° 33.71’ N 014° 2.51’ W 5.68 208 5.96 195 386.8 48.35
9 754 DELESNE Bertrand ZONE LARGE 38° 56.53’ N 015° 41.28’ W 5.9 205 6.15 203 390.24 51.8
10 719 BOIDEVEZI Nicolas DEFI GDE 38° 59.69’ N 015° 45.62’ W 6.15 204 6.28 204 392.96 54.51
11 756 CARACCI Andrea SPEEDY MALTESE 39° 2.21’ N 015° 17.92’ W 5.12 223 5.58 208 398.65 60.2
12 417 DUCROZ Aurélien NISSAN 38° 52.86’ N 014° 2.49’ W 6.32 217 6.33 205 404.79 66.34
13 788 CHAPPELLIER Aymeric LA TORTUE DE L'AQUARIUM DE LA ROCHELLE 39° 11.95’ N 015° 46.46’ W 6.67 217 5.72 213 405.08 66.63
14 347 GELABERT Aleix GAES-ANTAAS 38° 54.12’ N 014° 3.59’ W 5.9 206 6.19 204 405.69 67.24
15 741 FERMIN Rémi BOREAL 38° 43.35’ N 013° 28.62’ W 6.83 205 7.01 206 405.83 67.38
16 787 NORMAND Thomas FINANCIERE DE L'ECHIQUIER 38° 58.02’ N 014° 17.23’ W 6.6 211 5.42 198 405.99 67.54
17 791 REINHART Thibault ARALDITE® 38° 54.94’ N 013° 59.63’ W 6.24 206 6.35 201 407.51 69.06
18 814 DARAMY Jean-Baptiste EKI HAIZEA 38° 56.74’ N 013° 49.60’ W 5.83 197 6.19 198 411.92 73.47
19 265 MARETTE Paul REGION NORD PAS DE CALAIS 39° 2.49’ N 013° 56.46’ W 5.81 201 6.11 197 415.45 77
20 617 DYTCH Dan SOITEC 38° 58.24’ N 013° 41.84’ W 6.1 205 6.21 198 415.53 77.08
21 629 MAUFFRET Louis SOLIDAIRES 39° 10.95’ N 014° 28.40’ W 6.24 210 5.95 206 415.87 77.43
22 198 PICAULT Sébastien KICKERS 39° 3.04’ N 013° 55.27’ W 6.3 205 5.5 196 416.28 77.83
23 797 CAVAGNOUGH Scott www.brainchild.org.au 39° 9.30’ N 014° 15.99’ W 5.65 209 5.82 201 417.04 78.59
24 667 LE BREC Guillaume OCCAMAT / ATD 38° 43.54’ N 012° 54.18’ W 7.07 204 6.88 203 417.82 79.37
25 618 MONTAGNE Lucas ONG CONSEIL 38° 50.01’ N 012° 52.84’ W 6.45 200 6.75 205 424.03 85.59
26 551 PATOU Henri ECARTIP 39° 25.47’ N 014° 50.04’ W 0 190 5.33 212 425.79 87.34
27 624 OLIVA Juan-Carlos ZUMEX 39° 23.77’ N 014° 21.16’ W 6.21 211 6.24 209 429.75 91.3
28 454 BOUCHET Romain IB REMARKETING 39° 20.29’ N 013° 49.90’ W 5.68 201 6.06 203 433.93 95.48
29 606 CARME Donatien 606 CHERCHE SPONSOR 39° 19.87’ N 013° 29.47’ W 5.69 189 6.06 200 439.19 100.74
30 574 CREIGHTON Emma POCKET ROCKET 39° 13.38’ N 013° 6.68’ W 5.77 197 6.32 205 440.25 101.8
31 542 ROSSETTI Tiziano UNA VELA PER EMERGENCY 40° 17.77’ N 012° 38.83’ W 5.68 204 5.72 205 507.77 169.32
32 513 GALLO Maurizio YAK 40° 37.13’ N 012° 32.17’ W 5.96 226 5.69 210 527.52 189.07
33 790 KOWALCZYK Radoslaw CALBUD 41° 31.80’ N 012° 38.06’ W 10.3 299 5.37 221 576.35 237.9

Series positions at 0600 GMT

 

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 Dist DTF DTL
                       
1 566 LLULL Eric NOBLE COCOA 39° 1.73’ N 013° 33.35’ W 5.76 209 6.2 203 421.25 0
2 781 SORIN Fabrice CARTOFFSET 39° 19.97’ N 013° 48.42’ W 6.06 198 5.75 198 434.01 12.76
3 599 MARIETTE Benoit ODALYS VACANCES 39° 13.62’ N 013° 16.40’ W 0 207 6.21 205 437.37 16.11
4 514 BOUYSSOU Clément DOUET DISTRIBUTION 39° 10.87’ N 013° 7.26’ W 6.15 200 6.33 204 437.79 16.53
5 767 ENDT Ysbrand PRIME OF THE NORTH SEA 39° 18.32’ N 013° 22.59’ W 6.58 209 6.46 210 439.79 18.53
6 535 MARY Renaud www.runo.fr 39° 12.13’ N 013° 3.94’ W 6.04 193 6.26 198 440.02 18.76
7 674 BEAUDART Davy INNOVEA ENVIRONNEMENT 39° 3.63’ N 012° 40.62’ W 6.8 205 5.98 203 440.53 19.27
8 739 LENGLET Benoît EVASOL 39° 20.68’ N 013° 26.43’ W 6.44 205 6.07 201 440.83 19.58
9 519 DIDAC Costa SALAO 39° 18.91’ N 013° 12.95’ W 13.28 207 6.18 209 443.29 22.04
10 746 CIZEAU Pierre MASQHOTEL 39° 17.79’ N 013° 2.73’ W 5.92 196 5.94 197 445.54 24.29
11 552 BRASSEUR Pierre VOILES OCEAN 39° 19.54’ N 013° 5.98’ W 6.48 203 6.39 206 446.08 24.82
12 512 HOEBLER Cyril OCEARIUM DU CROISIC 39° 15.22’ N 012° 46.59’ W 6.67 204 6.47 206 448.69 27.44
13 455 GAHINET Gwénolé ASSO WATEVER - gwenolegahinet.com 39° 11.34’ N 012° 32.87’ W 5.93 185 6.13 204 450.17 28.91
14 743 HARE Pip THE POTTING SHED 39° 30.70’ N 013° 24.32’ W 6.1 197 5.7 203 450.72 29.47
15 487 GUO Chuan VASA 39° 58.37’ N 015° 25.58’ W 6.11 205 5.21 211 453.2 31.94
16 721 CHOMBART DE LAUWE Pascal XANLITE 39° 29.54’ N 013° 2.19’ W 6.51 202 6.09 203 456.4 35.15
17 539 LAURIERE Benoit www.teamkalonig.com 39° 28.56’ N 012° 59.37’ W 6.43 201 5.95 199 456.42 35.16
18 473 GUILLONNEAU Jean Claude ZERLINE 39° 29.76’ N 013° 2.34’ W 6.41 201 6.1 204 456.56 35.3
19 596 CHAVARRIA Renaud BEZIERS MEDITERRANEE 39° 19.34’ N 012° 29.20’ W 5.92 199 6 207 458.57 37.31
20 758 TEN BRINKE Christa RAN OF THE NORTH SEA 39° 33.77’ N 012° 57.38’ W 5.58 183 5.8 201 461.79 40.54
21 591 BLANCHARD Florian MC TECHNOLOGIES 39° 38.69’ N 012° 56.46’ W 6.55 204 6.17 206 466.56 45.31
22 527 LAVAYSSIERE Hugo ARES&Co. 39° 46.81’ N 013° 19.18’ W 6.29 201 5.72 202 467.16 45.9
23 554 SABBATINI Giacomo SCUSAMI LE SPALLE 40° 11.07’ N 015° 9.06’ W 6.89 220 5.43 223 467.71 46.45
24 405 CLAVEAU Mathieu OKOUME LES CHEVAUX DU BEAL 39° 32.60’ N 012° 31.80’ W 5.84 198 5.99 204 469.37 48.12
25 757 ARCHIN Brendan ASSOCIATION LA TOULINE 39° 44.17’ N 013° 0.61’ W 6.25 203 6.11 205 470.27 49.01
26 636 MADDEN Jorge SAMSARA 39° 49.39’ N 013° 15.47’ W 6.22 201 6.12 207 470.62 49.36
27 602 ROSEN JACOBSON Robert NED602 39° 48.44’ N 013° 2.62’ W 6.45 201 6 206 473.56 52.31
28 745 BEYER Susanne PENELOPE 39° 44.16’ N 012° 48.86’ W 5.33 182 5.87 201 473.99 52.73
29 772 BRÄNDSTRÖM Ulf GRPMS.COM 39° 45.75’ N 012° 49.57’ W 6.22 187 5.32 194 475.19 53.94
30 660 DUVIGNAC Marie CHRISTOPHE JOSSE - PARIS 39° 38.56’ N 012° 29.81’ W 5.96 194 6.05 207 475.38 54.13
31 529 GAILEY Bruce BLACK MAMBA 39° 46.15’ N 012° 49.16’ W 6.63 199 5.9 202 475.7 54.44
32 704 GESI Simone DAGADA' - SPIRITO DI MAREMMA 39° 41.59’ N 012° 28.75’ W 6.7 211 5.92 209 478.46 57.2
33 435 KERBOURIOU Vincent CGGVERITAS 39° 55.36’ N 013° 3.97’ W 6.65 201 6.05 206 479.52 58.26
34 585 BOSSYNS Bert FELICITY II 39° 55.99’ N 012° 35.08’ W 5.86 192 5.78 209 489.21 67.95
35 626 FREELS Björn RIKKI TIKKI 40° 0.54’ N 012° 46.82’ W 6.38 206 5.8 202 489.54 68.29
36 697 FRANCOIS Amaury GROUPE QUALITEL 39° 40.87’ N 011° 47.21’ W 5.37 209 5.76 198 493.31 72.06
37 728 PRONO David Get It Right, www.esi-group.com 39° 47.56’ N 011° 54.92’ W 5.43 212 5.68 202 496.09 74.84
38 737 PAMIR Tolga YAKAMOZ 40° 7.00’ N 012° 39.66’ W 5.7 203 5.59 201 497.69 76.44
39 796 GROUX Nicolas COUVAC 40° 6.19’ N 012° 19.67’ W 5.47 209 5.81 209 503.57 82.32
40 472 CHUH Kan VMAX 40° 30.80’ N 013° 12.61’ W 6.21 206 6.17 211 510.02 88.76
41 769 FRATTARUOLO Sergio BOLOGNA IN OCEANO 41° 15.58’ N 015° 8.04’ W 6.85 212 4.86 220 531.58 110.32
42 230 BERTRAND Serge MINIMUM 40° 42.21’ N 012° 26.88’ W 4.3 201 5.7 205 533.8 112.55
43 744 SIMONNET Bruno EL NONO 40° 32.33’ N 011° 53.28’ W 5.88 206 5.67 210 536.02 114.76
44 708 ROBIN Fabienne HOROQUARTZ 42° 22.66’ N 012° 54.02’ W 7.37 263 4.76 240 620.26 199
45 774 OGER Jean-Marie BRAZIL FOREST - E.LECLERC 42° 32.69’ N 009° 55.17’ W 5.85 227 3.45 235 684.27 263.01
NC 520 PENDIBENE Andrea INTERMATICA - ITA 520     0   0   0 -421.25
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