Gitana 80 and Generali lead TJV Sunday morning

by Sail-World.com/uk on 4 Nov 2007
Loick Peyron and Jean Levaillant on Gitana Eighty, Yan Elies and Sébastien Audigane on Generali, together with Bernard Stamm and Tanguy Cariou, Chiminee Poujoulat, are the three boats leading the Transat Jacques Vabre on day two for the monohulls.

In the class 40, Télécom Italia of Giovanni Soldini and Pietro D'Ali leads, just ahead of Tanguy de Lamotte and Nick Bubb on Novedia Set Environnement. Third place is ATAO Audio System of Dominique Vittet and Thierry Chabagny.

For the Brits, Jonny Malbon and Graham Tourell, Artemis are in 7th place, Mike Golding and Bruno Dubis, Ecover III are 8th, three miles off the leading group and Samantha Davies and Jeanne Gregoire, Roxy, are in ninth place. Aviva of Dee Caffari and Nigel King is 11th place, less than four miles from the leaders.

In the 40 class, Fujifilm of Alex Bennett and Ifor Pedley is seventh, with Clarke Offshore Racing of Simon Clarke and David Lindsay in 8th.

The two classes of multihulls - ORMA 60 foot trimarans and Class 50 multihulls - will leave the Paul Vatine Basin today for a start planned at 13:02hrs. The ORMA fleet will comprise of five boats and the Class 50 of eight.

The skippers are pretty happy with weather conditions that will give them a not-so-harsh entry into the race and offer a nice ride south.

Positions - DTF - DTL at 07:00hrs on 4 November 2007

1 Gitana Eighty 4217.8 0.0
2 Generali 4217.9 0.1
3 Cheminée Poujoulat 4218.4 0.6
4 VM Matériaux 4219.1 1.3
5 Groupe Bel 4219.6 1.8
6 Foncia 4219.8 2.0
7 Artemis 4220.0 2.2
8 Ecover III 4220.7 3.0
9 Roxy 4220.8 3.0
10 Akena Vérandas 4220.8 3.1
11 Aviva 4221.6 3.8
12 PAKEA BIZKAIA 2009 4222.0 4.2
13 Brit Air 4222.2 4.4
14 Safran 4222.2 4.5
15 Maisonneuve 4222.7 5.0
16 Great American III 4223.0 5.2
17 CERVIN EnR 4226.2 8.4

40 Class Leading Positions - DTF - DTL at 07:00hrs on 4 November 2007

1 Télécom Italia 4219.5 0.0 9.8
2 Novedia Set Environnement 4220.1 0.6 7.7
3 ATAO Audio System 4222.1 2.6 7.6
4 Siegena 4222.1 2.6 8.6
5 40 Degrees 4222.4 2.8 7.2
6 A.ST Groupe 4222.5 3.0 6.8
7 Fujifilm 4222.6 3.1 7.5
8 Clarke Offshore Racing 4222.6 3.1 8.1
9 Chocolats Monbana 4222.6 3.1 7.9
10 Appart City 4222.6 3.1 7.6
11 vecteur plus - groupe moniteur 4222.8 3.2 6.8
12 Groupe Partouche 4222.9 3.3 7.3
13 merci les amis ! 4223.1 3.6 8.4
14 Sidaction 4223.2 3.6 7.5
15 Jardin Bio - Prévoir 4223.3 3.7 7.8
16 mistral loisirs - Pole santé Elior 4223.4 3.9 7.0
17 EDF Energies Nouvelles 4224.1 4.6 6.3
18 concise 4224.1 4.6 7.4
19 Thirard 4225.8 6.3 6.8
20 Pindar 40 4225.9 6.4 7.8