Global Ocean Race - Class40 Route du Rhum Week 2 report

8:47 PM Sun 14 Nov 2010 GMT

'Route du Rhum Race Tracker 12/11/10 - Global Ocean Race' Marco Nannini

Global Ocean Race - Throughout the first week of Class40 racing in the Route du Rhum - La Banque Postale (31st Oct-7th Nov), competition was characteristically tight and filled with drama and humour. Thomas Ruyant on Destination Dunkerque took pole position mid-week as the Class40 fleet split with hotly-tipped Nicolas Troussel and Cr?dit Mutuel de Bretagne leading a breakaway pack east of the Azores High in search of a quick route to the NE Trade Winds. While Ruyant and the northern group found the strongest breeze to the west, a lurking mid-Atlantic high-pressure system threatened to turn the position rankings ...

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by Oliver Dewar