Route du Rhum - Shrouded in confusion

7:15 PM Sat 13 Nov 2010 GMT

'Monohull Safran - La Route du Rhum 2010' Safran Sailing Team

Route du Rhum - Whoever has been writing the script for this ninth Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale has certainly come up with a plot synopsis, but it would appear that they have forgotten to write the final scene. No one seems to be able to predict what might happen in the coming hours off the Caribbean islands. The calms, which were already present when the first multihulls finished, have spread out and the leaders in the IMOCA monohulls are wondering how on Earth the race is going to end. There are weather charts that simply cannot be charted! Uncertainties ...

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by Soazig Gu?ho