Vendée Globe

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Apivia : entre 19h00 et 20h00
Bureau Vallée : entre 23h00 et 1h00
SeaExplorer Yacht Club de Monaco : entre 01h00 et 02h00
LinkedOut : entre 3h00 et 5h00
Maître CoQ IV: entre 3h30 et 5h30

latest estimations see Maitre cock as winning (thanks to 10 h Bonification)

Boris Herman likely third thanks to his 6h Bonification

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Charlie Dalin Has crossed the line for the Rest they will arrive a bit later during the night however Boris Hermann has hit a fishing boat and slowed down a lot.

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Boris Herman has finished safely. Apparently he had an alarm failure and never saw the trawler (was sleeping).

Now he is first German to finish a Vendée globe but potentially can be overtaken by Jean Le cam (he is currently 4th)

Giancarlo Pedote and Damien Seguin should finish Shortly (in the next 2 hours) and Jean Le Cam has only 134 miles left to go.

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Best costume goes to Damien Seguin



He is a double paralympic sailing champion and has completed a round the world solo

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here we go 8 in 24h hours
Benjamin Dutreux will come in soon enough (142 miles from the line) however Maxime Sorel and Armel Tripon are likely going to hide from the storm coming (56 knots forecasted with waves close to 10 metre).

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A good recap on an extraordinary race (so far)...



this week will see more of the fleet home and the last ones near the end of the month

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A Whole Bunch Will arrive today and tomorrow

Arnaud Boissière
Kojiro Shiraishi
Alan Roura
Stéphane le Diraison
Pip Hare

Later this week will be Didac Costa.

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Last arrival today with Ari Huusela.

This has been a fantastic Vendée with most participant / finisher and the end of the line for the first generation of Imoca 60 (They won't be allowed to participate in the next edition).

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