Leg 1 Proto winner retires

As there is yet another pair of new leaders in the Mini Transat

Thursday October 20th 2011, Author: James Boyd, Location: none selected

Proto class positions at 0600 GMT

Series class positions at 0600 GMT

Charts above courtesy of Expedition/Tasman Bay Navigation Systems andPredictWind. Latest scheds below.

Our condolences go to Sébastien Rogues, skipper of the Proto Eole Generation - GDF SUEZ, winner of the first leg of the Charente Maritime-Bahia Transat 6.50 (Mini Transat) into Funchal. On day two of this second leg Rogues fell on the head of his canting keel inside his boat causing intense back pain. After four days without sleep, on reaching the Cape Verdes yesterday Rogues stopped in Mindelo where he visited a doctor. After a medical examination and X-Rays of his back, it turned out that the sciatic nerve is slightly injured. The doctor recommended him to stop all physical activities. Rogues is extremely disappointed as for his health he has been forced to retire from this Mini Transat. Winner into Funchal, he was still among the leaders approaching the Cape Verde islands, lying fourth and well positioned to the west, despite the unbearable pain.

“I am frustrated because I really wanted to win," he said. "I have really tried, but the pain was unbearable. My back was so painful that I haven't slept for four days. Even minor manoeuvres had become nightmares for me. I have reluctantly decided to give up the race but I did not want to risk my life. My victory in the first leg will, for ever, be my best memory. It made me understand that I had the potential and I now am looking to the future.”

This leaves David Raison and his scow Team Work Evolution the leading Proto going into this leg.

Meanwhile there has been yet another change of leader in the Proto class. Thomas Normand on Financiere de l'Echiquier negotiated the channel between the northernmost of the Cape Verdes yesterday and this caused him to overhaul previous leader Bertrand Delesne on Zone Large who had passed through the islands further to the south. Overnight the two boats have crossed with Normand heading directly south. Normand was eighth into Funchal 4 hours 45 minutes astern of Raison, who this morning is holding third place 31 miles off the lead still out to the east having taken a most easterly route through the Cape Verdes.

At present the boats are not making great progress. With a shallow depression having formed some 800 miles west of the Cape Verdes is playing havoc with the winds and while there should still be brisk northeasterly trades to whisk the boats south towards the Doldrums instead conditions are much lighter the lead Protos only making around 5 knots.

Meanwhile the top two thirds of the Series fleet either in or just exiting the Cape Verdes archipelago. Following a similar westerly route to Thomas Normand, Davy Beaudart on Innovea Environnement has pulled into the lead overnight after Bruno Simonnet on El Nono briefly took over first place from Benoit Mariette on Odalys Vacances yesterday afternoon. While the majority of the Series leaders are to the west, Eric Llull on Cocoa Noble has pulled back up to third overnight on a route more to the east. Britain's Pip Hare in the Series class is following a similar route to Llull and is lying in 29th.

The good news for the fleet is that the northeasterly trades are due to fill in again overnight tonight, although this will be short lived and the weekend and into early next week it looks very very light between 10 and 5°N.

 

 

 

 

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Proto class positions at 0600 GMT

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 DTF DTL
            Between scheds   24hrs    
1 787 NORMAND Thomas FINANCIERE DE L'ECHIQUIER 13° 33.37’ N 026° 18.46’ W 5.2 176 8.4 1776.03 0
2 754 DELESNE Bertrand ZONE LARGE 13° 46.21’ N 026° 27.53’ W 5.01 194 7.67 1785.29 9.26
3 747 RAISON David TEAM WORK EVOLUTION 13° 34.13’ N 024° 53.18’ W 5.53 161 6.92 1807.17 31.13
4 800 RIOUX Antoine FESTIVAL DES PAINS 14° 14.64’ N 025° 56.42’ W 3.64 207 6.99 1822.13 46.1
5 753 RIECHERS Jorg MARE.DE 14° 16.43’ N 025° 22.73’ W 7.81 207 7.09 1835.31 59.27
6 667 LE BREC Guillaume OCCAMAT / ATD 14° 33.38’ N 025° 54.15’ W 0.88 266 6.63 1840.52 64.48
7 759 KOLACEK Milan GABEN > FOLLOW ME 14° 34.58’ N 025° 57.35’ W 0.78 256 6.03 1840.61 64.58
8 719 BOIDEVEZI Nicolas DEFI GDE 14° 35.20’ N 025° 43.75’ W 5.13 238 7.21 1845.66 69.63
9 509 SCHRODER Lucas BRUNEL 14° 36.85’ N 025° 37.21’ W 6.68 233 8.04 1849.39 73.36
10 618 MONTAGNE Lucas ONG CONSEIL 14° 39.35’ N 025° 41.65’ W 5.13 239 6.62 1850.25 74.22
11 679 DAVID Etienne TEAMWORK 14° 54.30’ N 025° 47.53’ W 2.7 171 6.54 1862.39 86.36
12 198 PICAULT Sébastien KICKERS 15° 10.67’ N 026° 31.46’ W 3.3 184 6.75 1864.46 88.43
13 788 CHAPPELLIER Aymeric LA TORTUE DE L'AQUARIUM DE LA ROCHELLE 15° 8.19’ N 025° 56.75’ W 2.19 194 7.02 1872.56 96.52
14 347 GELABERT Aleix GAES-ANTAAS 15° 12.53’ N 025° 59.77’ W 2.02 214 6.85 1875.72 99.69
15 802 BERTRAND Etienne CHASSEUR DE PRIMES 15° 9.23’ N 025° 46.59’ W 2.61 205 6.66 1876.77 100.74
16 814 DARAMY Jean-Baptiste EKI HAIZEA 15° 25.21’ N 026° 26.21’ W 4.29 202 6.54 1879.87 103.83
17 797 CAVANOUGH Scott www.brainchild.org.au 15° 9.85’ N 025° 34.25’ W 1.43 191 6.96 1881.38 105.34
18 617 DYTCH Dan SOITEC 15° 13.15’ N 025° 42.31’ W 1.55 193 6.84 1881.85 105.82
19 741 FERMIN Rémi BOREAL 15° 21.55’ N 025° 30.84’ W 3.07 201 6.72 1893.51 117.48
20 606 CARME Donatien MERCI LES COPAINS 15° 10.95’ N 024° 31.57’ W 7.12 242 7.83 1904.48 128.45
21 574 CREIGHTON Emma POCKET ROCKET 15° 36.38’ N 025° 20.13’ W 3.74 228 6.84 1910.99 134.96
22 265 MARETTE Paul REGION NORD PAS DE CALAIS 15° 47.13’ N 025° 33.24’ W 5.38 225 6.91 1916.82 140.79
23 551 PATOU Henri ECARTIP 15° 49.39’ N 025° 30.11’ W 3.51 225 6.88 1919.96 143.93
24 454 BOUCHET Romain IB REMARKETING 15° 57.32’ N 025° 42.99’ W 4.41 227 6.37 1923.37 147.33
25 629 MAUFFRET Louis SOLIDAIRES 16° 13.85’ N 025° 25.22’ W 4.24 270 6.43 1944.61 168.57
26 791 REINHART Thibault ARALDITE® 16° 23.89’ N 025° 22.75’ W 1.16 79 2.97 1954.86 178.83
27 417 DUCROZ Aurélien NISSAN 16° 53.15’ N 024° 59.51’ W 0 214 2.91 1989.94 213.91
28 790 KOWALCZYK Radoslaw CALBUD 17° 41.23’ N 024° 42.30’ W 5.16 204 6.37 2040.77 264.74
29 513 GALLO Maurizio YAK 17° 7.01’ N 023° 3.93’ W 5.13 248 6.38 2044.65 268.62
AB 716 ROGUES Sébastien EOLE GENERATION - GDF SUEZ Abandoned 19/10/11 16:30 - Medical reasons      
AB 756 CARACCI Andrea SPEEDY MALTESE Abandoned 18/10/11 16:00 - Dismasted        
AB 542 ROSSETTI Tiziano UNA VELA PER EMERGENCY Abandoned 18/10/11 16:00 - Dismasted        

Series class positions at 0600 GMT

 

Pos No Skipper Boat Latitude Longitude Spd Crs Spd2 DTF DTL
            Between scheds   24hrs    
1 674 BEAUDART Davy INNOVEA ENVIRONNEMENT 15° 17.23’ N 026° 3.66’ W 2.37 207 7.02 1878.98 0
2 744 SIMONNET Bruno EL NONO 15° 10.82’ N 025° 38.67’ W 1.95 193 7.02 1880.84 1.86
3 566 LLULL Eric NOBLE COCOA 14° 58.43’ N 024° 58.01’ W 5.82 221 8.27 1883.2 4.22
4 435 KERBOURIOU Vincent CGGVERITAS 15° 16.60’ N 025° 39.14’ W 0.72 226 6.77 1886.13 7.16
5 599 MARIETTE Benoit ODALYS VACANCES 15° 17.60’ N 025° 40.68’ W 1.35 242 6.68 1886.57 7.59
6 535 MARY Renaud www.runo.fr 15° 18.49’ N 025° 24.45’ W 1.8 214 6.72 1892.76 13.78
7 602 ROSEN JACOBSON Robert NED602 15° 29.55’ N 025° 43.39’ W 2.2 191 6.82 1896.98 18.01
8 455 GAHINET Gwénolé ASSO WATEVER - gwenolegahinet.com 15° 26.57’ N 025° 31.15’ W 3.46 196 6.86 1898.13 19.15
9 796 GROUX Nicolas COUVAC 15° 7.32’ N 024° 28.14’ W 7.73 258 7.72 1902.43 23.45
10 552 BRASSEUR Pierre VOILES OCEAN 15° 28.35’ N 025° 22.78’ W 2.64 181 6.76 1902.56 23.59
11 539 LAURIERE Benoit www.teamkalonig.com 15° 30.15’ N 025° 22.32’ W 1.91 201 6.86 1904.41 25.44
12 781 SORIN Fabrice CARTOFFSET 15° 20.28’ N 024° 55.29’ W 4.91 204 7.52 1904.49 25.51
13 514 BOUYSSOU Clément DOUET DISTRIBUTION 15° 38.59’ N 025° 40.92’ W 2.24 212 6.66 1906.3 27.33
14 512 HOEBLER Cyril OCEARIUM DU CROISIC 15° 38.05’ N 025° 39.03’ W 2.12 218 6.61 1906.4 27.42
15 473 GUILLONNEAU Jean Claude ZERLINE 15° 33.81’ N 025° 24.78’ W 3.34 321 6.87 1907.04 28.06
16 774 OGER Jean-Marie BRAZIL FOREST - E.LECLERC 15° 50.81’ N 025° 41.09’ W 4.57 217 6.28 1917.81 38.83
17 591 BLANCHARD Florian MC TECHNOLOGIES 15° 51.74’ N 025° 33.84’ W 3.06 228 6.6 1920.98 42.01
18 527 LAVAYSSIERE Hugo ARES and Co. 15° 39.30’ N 024° 52.57’ W 6.94 199 7.37 1923.16 44.19
19 472 CHUH Kan VMAX 15° 56.41’ N 025° 13.26’ W 6.51 225 7.17 1932.08 53.11
20 721 CHOMBART DE LAUWE Pascal XANLITE 15° 59.06’ N 025° 5.07’ W 6 196 6.75 1937.32 58.34
21 704 GESI Simone DAGADA' - SPIRITO DI MAREMMA 15° 34.54’ N 024° 1.80’ W 5.31 209 7.26 1937.5 58.53
22 739 LENGLET Benoît EVASOL 15° 39.39’ N 024° 7.62’ W 7.06 232 7.14 1939.71 60.74
23 758 TEN BRINKE Christa RAN OF THE NORTH SEA 15° 42.55’ N 024° 5.50’ W 6.4 236 7.2 1943.43 64.45
24 767 ENDT Ysbrand PRIME OF THE NORTH SEA 16° 7.48’ N 024° 48.08’ W 5.28 224 7.42 1951 72.02
25 529 GAILEY Bruce BLACK MAMBA 15° 50.83’ N 023° 53.92’ W 4.91 192 6.74 1955.48 76.51
26 746 CIZEAU Pierre MASQHOTEL 16° 18.65’ N 025° 0.96’ W 5.48 225 7.74 1957.07 78.09
27 743 HARE Pip THE POTTING SHED 15° 53.87’ N 023° 52.83’ W 6.57 163 6.78 1958.69 79.71
28 519 DIDAC Costa SALAO 16° 32.16’ N 025° 29.04’ W 1.75 188 6.56 1960.69 81.72
29 697 FRANCOIS Amaury GROUPE QUALITEL 16° 46.10’ N 025° 29.17’ W 1.29 48 5.12 1973.85 94.87
30 745 BEYER Susanne PENELOPE 16° 7.88’ N 023° 42.33’ W 5.02 175 5.97 1975.59 96.62
31 757 ARCHIN Brendan ASSOCIATION LA TOULINE 16° 53.15’ N 024° 59.52’ W 0 184 5.31 1989.94 110.96
32 405 CLAVEAU Mathieu OKOUME LES CHEVAUX DU BEAL 16° 53.16’ N 024° 59.51’ W 0 188 5.59 1989.95 110.97
33 660 DUVIGNAC Marie CHRISTOPHE JOSSE - PARIS 16° 34.57’ N 023° 53.80’ W 4.99 251 6.41 1995.71 116.73
34 626 FREELS Björn RIKKI TIKKI 16° 58.92’ N 024° 20.85’ W 3.89 192 6.88 2008.45 129.47
35 708 ROBIN Fabienne HOROQUARTZ 16° 32.10’ N 023° 13.39’ W 5.09 189 7.43 2009.12 130.14
36 728 PRONO David Get It Right, www.esi-group.com 17° 13.71’ N 024° 46.54’ W 4.14 208 5.46 2013.53 134.55
37 772 BRÄNDSTRÖM Ulf GRPMS.COM 17° 14.71’ N 024° 19.10’ W 2.44 254 5.31 2023.77 144.79
38 636 MADDEN Jorge SAMSARA 17° 16.98’ N 024° 14.56’ W 1.73 143 5.8 2027.47 148.5
39 585 BOSSYNS Bert FELICITY II 17° 25.27’ N 024° 19.20’ W 3.58 218 6.52 2033.58 154.61
40 230 BERTRAND Serge MINIMUM 17° 36.13’ N 023° 53.73’ W 4.76 188 6.58 2052.64 173.67
41 737 PAMIR Tolga YAKAMOZ 18° 7.70’ N 023° 21.21’ W 5.23 195 6.32 2093.67 214.69
42 769 FRATTARUOLO Sergio BOLOGNA IN OCEANO 20° 40.77’ N 022° 47.68’ W 6.16 180 6.58 2247.34 368.36
43 487 GUO Chuan VASA 24° 2.31’ N 018° 5.26’ W 6.45 176 6.66 2545.27 666.29
44 596 CHAVARRIA Renaud BEZIERS MEDITERRANEE 27° 36.14’ N 018° 33.26’ W 2.18 130 0.56 2721.09 842.12
AB 554 SABBATINI Giacomo SCUSAMI LE SPALLE Abandoned 17/10/11 17:00 - Broken daggerboard/rudder damage  
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