The Vendée Globe leaders passed the Falkland Islands with difficulty Thursday night. After spending a good ten hours struggling to lose as few miles as possible in the whirlwinds created by the Andes, Jean Le Cam (Bonduelle), Vincent Riou (PRB) and Mike Golding (Ecover) are still in a 15 to 20 knot West North-Westerly wind making over 13 knot averages. Behind them the Cape Horn is verging on an obsession, Sébastien Josse (VMI) set to round it tonight before sunset local time. He will be followed in 24 hours' time by Dominique Wavre (Temenos). Josse is just 54 miles away at 1900 GMT.
This deliverance is not in line just yet for Nick Moloney (Skandia), as he and Joé Seeten (Arcelor Dunkerque), are likely to suffer what is potentially the most powerful depression of the race from lunch time
tomorrow, GMT, with gusts measuring as much as 80 knots.
Fortunately the Australian skipper is situated fairly North, the bulk of the storm passing under him.
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