The first Class40 boats are expected tomorrow, Wednesday, October 29, around 9 a.m. in La Coruña (Spain), the end point of the first leg.
Explaining why he wanted to compete in the Transat Café l'Or with ultra trail runner Mathieu Blanchard, Conrad Colman (MSIG Europe) explained that he wanted to do something that would take him back to basics, to love his sport again and to share the the awe as a novice learns the open ocean, to marvel at everything the sea has to offer. This is what happened today, as the pair resumed their race and made their way through the Bay of Biscay after a tech stopover in Roscoff. Mathieu was at the bow of the boat, and several dolphins were playing in the bow wave of their monohull. "The IMOCA isn't so bad after all; there are moments of joy," laughs Mathieu. Conrad says the same thing: "It's always a pleasure to be surrounded by dolphins, especially after two very difficult nights."
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The night was choppy, with rough seas at times, but overall we made good progress.
The wind is starting to drop, we're sailing under mainsail and J2. We're heading towards lighter winds in the Bay of Biscay.
We have worked hard on our routing. We are trying to find a reasonable route so that we don't encounter more than 35/40 knots in the storm. We are also looking for a route that will allow us to escape the worst of the bad weather if it gets any worse.
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Julien Villion, co-skipper - ACTUAL ULTIM 4
Everything is fine on board. Another very busy night, we manage to get an hour's sleep each now and then. Otherwise, the wind is very unstable. We are trying to refine our course to pass through the center of the low-pressure system tonight and hope to have a little more success than we did with the ridge.
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