Vendee Globe 2016: Foilers still going & leading
News are that the non reliable first prototypes of Transat Jaques Vabre are standing still and leading the fleet. Alex Thomson continue to lead followed closely by Armel Le cleach’c.
Both featured in pics above by Alex Thomson Racing & Banque Populaire voile.banquepopulaire.fr.
These monos are truly weapons and we hoe they can go all the way this time around.
Click images for more details. Official Live Tracking at tracking2016.vendeeglobe.org/hp5ip0/
Live Rankings page at vendeeglobe.org/fr/classement-et-donnees-de-course
Day report at vendeeglobe.org/en/news/16575/in-the-lap-of-the-gods
I just heard that my great sailing friend and former CEO of Hobiecat Europe has passed. May The endless oceans…
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Looks like in your report the Hobies are not really present. Suggest to rewrite the article.
Thanks for the great report Wik. Great battle.
If I correctly read the results the overall winner this year is a Hobie16