Joyon loses advantage on Coville

6:08 PM Mon 3 Nov 2008 GMT

'Francis Joyon' ThMartinez

Francis Joyon on IDEC has lost two thirds of the advantage he had managed to build on the time of Thomas Coville in the first four days of sailing on the Route of Discovery.

'Fortunately, I ended up across the front and since this (Monday) morning, I have a good flow north and I am again at 23 knots, in direct route.'

The advantage which had fallen to 88 miles immediately jumped again to 117 miles this Monday at 11:30, then IDEC sailed by 32?05 north latitude and 50?51 west longitude, heading 260? - Just over 1,350 miles from the finish in San Salvador.

Joyon has to reach the finish line in San Salvador (Bahamas) before Friday at 18:20, to beat the 10 days, 11 hours and 50 minutes of Thomas Coville.

On Monday afternoon, there remains a hundred hours to get there and 1,350 miles - on the direct route - to cover. In other words, he must hold a higher average at 13.5 knots on the route (the record to beat is 15.5).

In theory, this rate is within the range for IDEC, but the last weekend has shown that the speed can quickly drop as conditions change.

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