After passing Cape Horn last night just 1 hour and 15 minutes apart Vendée Globe leaders François Gabart (Macif) and Armel Le Cléac’h (Banque Populaire) chose to exit the worst of the ice danger zone by passing through the Le Maire Straits, gybing through the 16 miles wide gap between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island. In third place Jean-Pierre Dick is expected at Cape Horn during tonight.
