Vendée Globe Friday Morning Update - 60 knot winds and 8 metre seas take their toll on the fleet
by Mark Jardine 13 Dec 2024 19:41 AEDT
13 December 2024
While leader Charlie Dalin on MACIF Santé Prévoyance has now exited the Indian Ocean and is in to the Pacific, things are far from easy further back in the fleet.
Antoine Cornic has suffered damage to his mainsail track and Conrad Colman has been through the wars as 60 knot winds and high sees battered the fleet in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
We bring you the latest tracker and leaderboard, and PredictWind options for Charlie Dalin at the front as the weather in the Pacific Ocean is highly dynamic.
Sam Davies also updates us from Initiatives-Cœur after she has passed the longitute of Cape Leewiun this morning.
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