LinkedOut has discovered flooding in her forward compartment and hove to to find out the reason, so Maitre Coq has sailed into a 127 mile lead. However LinkedOut is back sailing fast according to the latest reports. Apivia seems to be back on pace in 3rd place, 158 miles from the lead. So Charlie Dalin must have satisfied himself that his port foil housing is alright. This leading group, 340 miles ahead of the next group of 8 boats spread over 300 miles being lead by Jean le Cam, are passing south of Tasmania now with the wide Pacific ahead of them to Cape Horn, the last of the three Great Capes that separate Africa, Australia and South America from Antarctica.
The lead has been changing over the last few days, but in each case the leader has developed a problem that has forced them to slow of even stop. Its very frustrating when even a small problem can lose a few hours, especially when a 5 hour loss can equal 100 miles thrown away
Pip Hare is still in 18th place and Miranda Merron in 23rd.
The Jury have announced the redress to be awarded to the boats that went to the assistance of Kevin Escoffier. Yannick Bestaven in Maitre Coq receives compensation of 10 hours and 15 minutes, Boris Hermann in SeaExplorer, received 6 hours, and Jean le Cam, who actually picked up Escoffier, received 16 hours 15 minutes. These times will be deducted from their finishing times.
For those interested in the first America's Cup races, American Magic had the best of the four races held, winning both her matches. Prada and Team New Zealand won one each. INEOS Team UK had problems with her foils from the start and with these boats if you cannot control your foils you are out of control. The foils are a standard issue so all the boats have the same, but clearly INEOS Team UK has some control problems to resolve. But it's early days.