The West or the South?

The big question for the sailors at the moment is, to sail more to the West or keep sailing South along the African Coast as long the winds are favorable there?
Some Boats to the West have lost some miles over the last day, as the wind strength is less. However the winds along the African coast will weakening as well in roughly a day; what to do?

A 2nd Boat has to abandon the VG race with heavy damage to the bow. Groupe Bel, skippered by Kito, collided with a fishing boat, while Kito was taking a short nap. He could save the rigging, but the bow is so heavy damaged to continuing and even a quick repair is not an option. 

Groupe Bel  collided with a fishing boat and out off the VendeeGlobe Race

The Race continues with 18 boats and lets hope that the rate of boats dropping out of the race is lowering else in 3 weeks the race is over.

The virtual sailors in VR are going well. The site mentions over 200,000 boats registered, but that is also giving some problems, like the Forum is out for more then a week now and now also the chat is out; so not communication anymore.