Route du Rhum - Jourdain on course for second win this evening

7:26 PM Sat 13 Nov 2010 GMT

'Jourdain - La Route du Rhum 2010' ?Benoit Stichelbaut

Route du Rhum - If only the local afternoon and evening winds comply, and very often they decide shut down at nightfall, then Roland Jourdain should be sailing towards his second successive victory in the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale's coveted IMOCA Open 60 Class, which would be the first time a monohull skipper has won twice in a row. At 1600hrs (CET/Paris) this afternoon Jourdain (Veolia Environnement) was working slowly but steadily in the light and very fickle 6 kts SEly breeze and looked to have built himself enough of a margin to account for some of the evening ...

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by Gaia Coretti