As the two leaders of the Vendée Globe, François Gabart and Armel Le Cléac’h, set up to pass the eighth and final safety gate of the course, after nearly 50 days at sea they continue to race in visual contact for some of the time, only a few miles apart. Jean-Pierre Dick continues his dramatic return, 344 miles behind the leaders, whilst further back in the fleet sixth placed Mike Golding and Dominique Wavre, seventh, split strategies.
