Yesterday’s Cape Horners Regatta Mode Goodchild Attacks!

As he has proved happy to do, and having previously benefited from his own choices, Britain’s Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) made the strategic decision to pass through Le Maire Strait, west of Staten Island, to try and find more breeze hello to the west, closer to the coast than its rivals.
So far today he seems to have taken advantage and maybe tomorrow he will find out how much he has at least closed the gap on Jérémie Beyou (Charal) and Nico Lunven (HOLCIM PRB) who are fifth and sixth.

Thomas Ruyant (VULNERABLE) and Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) look increasingly secure in fourth and third. Following Ruyant for 24 hours in light winds, he put many miles on them, while Les Sables d’Olonne skipper Simion was fastest today, taking full advantage of being on starboard and he made full speed on his good work. foil.

“The conditions are great at the moment as they allow me to quickly head into the North-Northeast downwind race. It is even ideal even if the conditions are not so easy. It’s still a bit high and the wind is very unstable indeed. It’s hard to find the right power ratio, which is sailing to set, but I’m comparing myself to the chasers, it’s very nice because at least I’ve accumulated kilometers and I’m the fastest in 24 hours and that’s very nice. It’s true that I’m a bit in between two groups. I’m more into keeping an eye on what’s going on behind the scenes. Right now, I’m about to regain some distance from the chasers.”

Loading and reloading mode

Looking ahead is not so much a source of joy for Simon.In front, it’s hard for me to believe that I can honestly catch up with them, especially since until tomorrow afternoon I plan to slow down in a quiet area. I will have to be patient and between now and then I have to try to do as many kilometers as possible compared to those behind me. Being in this position, I am not under pressure. I must have had a little pressure relief and slept most of the day yesterday and all night last night. I think I had quite a bit of sleep debt and it finally went away. It feels good not to have the pace imposed on me and to recover a bit. I know the North Atlantic will be intense too. Time to recharge the batteries a little. Now, knowing where to position the cursor when you don’t have any competition next to you is definitely quite difficult from a performance perspective. For me, the big time will be tomorrow afternoon and the next 48 hours. The goal will be to find the little mouse hole that will allow me to catch the southeast trade winds. I hope it goes well and I don’t lose too much time in this break, otherwise the chasers will fall back. Hopefully I won’t have too much to do for resets and stuff.”