After a constant and careful analysis of the weather forecasts for Sunday, the directors of the Transat Jacques Vabre double handed race from Le Havre to Itajai, Brazil have taken the decision to postpone the start until Monday 4th November at 1415hrs (local).
All of a fleet of twenty-six Class 40’s, ten IMOCA monohulls, Multi -50’s will head off for the 5400 miles course direct to Itajai but the two MOD70’s will contest a coastal course before standing by in Le Havre’s Paul Vatine basin until Wednesday.
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