While five different boats in the Transat Jacques Vabre double handed race from Le Havre to Itajai revealed over the course of today (Monday) that they will make technical pit stops, the race for the IMOCA Open 60 fleet became more tactical as they seek the best lanes of breeze, gybing downwind 150 miles north of Madeira and the pair of MOD70s were passing the latitude of the Canary Islands still making regular speeds of 23-25kts.
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