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Transat Jacques Vabre Day 19 update: Boat damage and bad weather hits fleet

by TJV Media 25 Nov 2021 04:00 PST 25 November 2021
Transat Jacques Vabre - Day 19 © Media TJV

The winner of the last edition of the race in the Class 40 has sustained keel damage, whilst bad weather off Martinique may delay the finish for the leading IMOCAs.

Class 40

Late last night Ian Lipinski's Crédit Mutuel hit an object that damaged her keel. The winner of the 2019 race and co-skipper Julien Pulvé were unhurt and will continue to Martinique but at reduced speed. This will be a particularly bitter blow for the pair as they were in second place when the accident happened and their brand-new boat had been a favourite from the start.

Meanwhile the leading bunch have just over 1,000 miles to go to the finish line in Martinique. Redman is still leading the fleet but only by 30 miles. Despite enjoying the trade winds, the skippers are finding the conditions more capricious than the weather forecast suggest.

IMOCA race building to a climax

The finish line is just a few hours away for leaders Thomas Ruyant and Morgan Lagravière on LinkedOut. They're expected mid-afternoon CET but are currently dodging the squalls off Martinique so could be delayed.

The battle for second and third continues unabated between Apivia and Charal. Charlie Dalin and Paul Meilhat have just 40 miles advantage over Charal. With 300 miles still to go, co-skippers Jérémie Beyou and Christopher Pratt have been much faster than Apivia in the last 24 hours so the finish will be nailbiting.

Further back, 11th Hour Racing Malama(USA) is doing well to hold 10th place considering the damage they sustained almost a week ago. The boat suffered damage to the non-structural fairing of its keel fin. The alloy keel is a one-design component, the same on every IMOCA, and the composite fairings fore and aft allow water to flow smoothly around the structure. This fairing damage is causing a vibration when sailing at high speed and so to manage it, they are sailing around 70% of full speed.

Rankings November 25 at 12:00 pm

Ocean Fifty (all boats have arrived in Fort-de-France)
1. Primonial
2. Koesio
3. Leyton

IMOCA
1. LinkedOut - Distance to destination 34,48 milles
2. Apivia - Distance to destination 210,95 milles
3. Charal - Distance to destination 257,89 milles

Ultime
4. Actual Ultim 3 - Distance to destination 137,8 milles
5. Sodebo Ultim 3 - Distance to destination 349,9 milles

Class40
1. Redman - Distance to destination 1019,67 milles
2. Volvo - Distance to destination 1064,14 milles
3. Seafrigo - Sogestran - Distance to destination 1080,65 milles

Virtual Regatta
Class40 - 1. FLAMMES
Ocean Fifty - 1. Ferarepa C
IMOCA - 1. fred34-LSV
Ultime - 1. PassTaga-BSP (winner in the Ultime category)

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