At 1820UTC this evening Charlie Dalin, the leader on the water, rolled into his final gybe, just over 20 miles from the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne.
He has a 55 mile advantage over Louis Burton’s Bureau Vallée 2, and almost 100 miles over Boris Herrmann’s Sea – Explorer Yacht Club de Monaco. However, Herrmann who has a six-hour time bonus in recognition of this part in the successful search for Kevin Escoffier’s liferaft back at the end of November, is travelling at more than 20 knots.
The German skipper is therefore still in contention to be the first non-French winner of the Vendée Globe since the race’s inception in 1989.
