-Strategic battle of wits to get to the Trade Winds - Complicated hours for Isabelle Joschke (MACSF) - Boissières, Roura, Beyou, Hare soon at the Horn
After a bitterly tough blow for Isabelle Joschke who had to retire from the Vendée Globe at just before 2130hrs UTC last night after her keel broke free of the temporary ram which had been holding it in place for nearly a week, there are 26 skippers still racing, 13 west of Cape Horn and 13 climbing the Atlantic.