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Out in front on the run up to the Ushant of legend…
The desired Ushant. Still being pushed around on the climb up the Bay of Biscay, the fleet is advancing against the fluctuating wind in a very stormy sea. Hard work indeed! Yet something that will please the toughest of them all, Eric Drouglazet (David Olivier), who is now in the lead. But watch out for the conquerors from the west who are (...) -
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The upwind test in the bay of Biscay
« One route, three times the trouble ». When the wind on the nose blows straight in the direction that the yachts wish to go, things get pretty complicated. A very technical and tactical point of sail, there is nothing which can compare with upwind sailing for sharpening the reflexes of the regatta sailors. For the soloists, the honour lies (...) -
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Gijon - Cherbourg : the high stake leg
And they’re off on the fourth and final leg of the Single-handed Figaro. For the ultimate course as far as Cherbourg-Octeville which must finally separate the candidates for all the honours at the end of an already very rounded edition, high in intensity. On the pontoons of Gijon, on Sunday morning, the air is electric. The leg which (...) -
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A fine game with everything still to play for
Photo: Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voileAnd so there were three! After a whole night of Spanish finishes punctuated by some mischievous calms, the entire Single-handed Figaro 2002 has taken on a completely different tone. The winners of the leg who directed their bow from the shade to the light, the favourites who didn’t come up with the goods, a leader in the general rankings (...) -
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Charles the first, King of Spain
In the last 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records , he took command of the fleet. Charles Caudrelier Benac (Bostik Findley), second last year into Gijon, held on well in the closing stages despite being deprived of wind. He went on to take his first leg victory in the Single-handed Figaro. In his wake came Erwan Tabarly (...) -
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Tabarly and Vicariot ahead when rounding Belle Île
One shift in the wind and the fate of the race seems to have been knocked off balance. The coastal route between Les Sables d’Olonne and Belle Ile has established the first hierarchy in the race. On one side, the two leaders in the general rankings, Philippe Vicariot (Thales) and Kito de Pavant (Malice), are cramponned into the lead. On (...) -
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Jérémie Béyou first to leave Les Sables d’Olonne
Photo: Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voileAs if to disprove the forecasts, Aeolus eventually put a bit of effort in by offering a slight north-north westerly flow to the 37 sailors at the start of the third leg of the Single-handed Figaro, heading towards Gijon via a little detour around Belle Ile. At noon precisely, in the harbour of the Sables d’Olonne, the fleet set sail on (...) -
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Halfway point of the Figaro and De Pavant new leader
De Pavant the new leader. Photo: Ch.Guigueno / Pipof.com/voileWho the favourites are is difficult to say as we try to read between the lines of the starting grid in the 33rd Single-handed Figaro. At the halfway point – after two legs that have had very close finishes – we are none the wiser and things are certainly no clearer. The only certainty is that there is everything to play for and (...) -
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38 solo skippers in search of the wind…
The fleet of 38 soloists has managed to put a few breaths of air in their sails. But only very little. They are still making slow progress in search of the wind. The gaps were closing up at the head of the fleet as Eric Drouglazet (David Olivier) escaped this morning heading west. Place your bets, there’s nothing in it between the (...) -
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Here’s to hardship… to « Droug’» !
Photo: Ch.GuiguenoBye, bye Crosshaven… Launched into the second leg of the Figaro, the 38 skippers are headed for Les Sables-d’Olonne, the promised land of solo sailors who are in for a rough time of it. It is in fact a high calibre run, with stiff conditions at the start that awaits them in the first miles of the Irish Sea. As Benoît Petit (...)
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