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La Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 - Normand crosses the line

by La Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 on 1 Nov 2011
Thomas Normad crosses the finish line Pierrick Garenne / GPO
At 13:30 and 13 seconds UTC in the La Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50, skipper Thomas Normand crossed the finish line in front of Salvador’s marina.

His race time between Funchal and Salvador is 18 days, 01 hour, 03 minutes and 13 seconds, at the average speed of 7.20 knots across the 3120 miles course.

His overall race time is 27 days, 03 hours, 01 minute and 25 seconds at the average speed of 6,56 knots.

Thomas Normand had finished at eighth place in the first leg between La Rochelle (Charente Maritime / France) and Funchal (Madeira/Portugal), 02 hours and 39 minutes after Jorg Riechers.

La Charente Maritime Bahia Transat 6.50 website
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