Clarisse Crémer, youngest in the Vendée Globe.

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Maxime Le Pihif / SIPA

Thursday January 14

Dalin leads the fleet off Brazil

The group which is pulling through the storm has Recife in sight, the next point of passage for the fleet, carried by weak winds and disturbed by squalls (gusts of wind which change direction).

After having handed over the controls of the Vendée Globe to Charlie Dalin, Yannick Bestaven, who led the fleet for almost a month, was finally overtaken during the night from Wednesday to Thursday by Louis Burton, who had been climbing for several days. .

Rouillard and Seguin also snuck in the meantime.

1 - Dalin (Apivia)

2 - Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée 2) at 19 miles

3 - Thomas Rouillard (LinkedOut) at 45 miles

4 - Damien Seguin (Apicil) at 61 miles

5 - Yannick Bestaven (Maître Coq IV) at 64 miles

Rare images 😍


The Chilean army flew over a short time ago @JeremieBeyou not far from Cape Horn.

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- Vendée Globe (@VendeeGlobe) January 14, 2021

Bestaven is expected to arrive in 13-14 days

He was sleeping peacefully, taking advantage of favorable conditions, when Yannick Bestaven was suddenly awakened by the ringing of the satellite phone at the agreed time of his live broadcast.

A little grumpy to begin with, the former leader has recovered, indicating that the various routes promised him access to Sables-d'Olonne in 13 or 14 days.

“Morally, it's hard, I have the impression of not having been varnished: I was arrested first, and necessarily the longest.

Then I couldn't win enough in the East to control them, and it was much easier for them to shift.

I found myself under their wind, it's pissing.

I have Les Sables-d'Olonne at the end of the bow, we'll see what will be at the end!

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Clarisse Crémer (Banque Populaire X) will have to climb the mast

The youngest of the event continues on her way, about 700 nautical miles behind the leaders, but is a little stressed at the idea of ​​her first time at the top of the mast, to take care of a sailing problem.

“I'm going to have to go up the mast to take care of my J2 (sail that holds the mast), which I cannot use at the moment.

I'll feel better when I do.

I'm not playing for the win, and it's not the end of the world if I don't get it back, but I'm focused on this.

I have not yet climbed the mast, I must do this baptism in the open sea!

I need to stick a patch high enough.

I'm going to wait for the right moment to do it: I would need between 5 and 8 knots of wind for the sails to not tap.

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Arnaud Boissières taps in Nutella

The skipper of La Mie Câline - Artisans Artipôle is just starting to warm up with slightly milder temperatures on the way up to Brazil (nine degrees).

He therefore rewarded himself by going to "type" in the supply boxes planned for a little later:

“The slightest ray of sunshine is a real treat.

It feels really good.

I took out the sunglasses… five minutes.

I cheated a bit by going to take a mini jar of 

Nutella

 from the number 7 supply bag… I don't have the right, but hey, it feels good.

It's still frozen so pretty easy to completely finish this mini pot!

Accompanied by a little tea and a note from Auntie Bé, it's always nice.

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