Route du Rhum - IMOCA Open 60 battle

9:30 PM Thu 11 Nov 2010 GMT

'Armel le Cleach - Brit Air' Marmara - Bouchon / Le Figaro &copy

Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale update and while the fourth placed Ultime finisher is expected the evening, (CET), Yann Guichard on the route record holding Gitana XI, in the IMOCA Open 60's class it's a tactical battle which is at times painfully slow, testing skippers' patience and durability, but the for the moment it remains Roland Jourdain who is in control of the IMOCA Class, consolidating his position neatly with an advance of 76 miles on Armel Le Cl?ac'h (Brit Air). The main group are dealing with the equivalent of a meteorological marsh, a barometric bog which traps the unwary ...

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