The Heat Is On

"The Heat is ON"!

Banque Populaire in hot pursuit of MACIF

This can be understood in two ways, the leaders are sailing just North of the Equator in high Temperatures, but ..

also Banque Populaire gained back some 200 Nm in the last two days on the Leader Macif. Macif was stopped in the Doldrums, not that active this time, but still. B.P. however is now in the Doldrums and may see his gain stopped or reduced as Macif may speed up again. 

Behind them, Paprec has gained a  lot almost 290Nm on Alex, who lost speed in the lower winds at the Brazilian coast. Alex is now passed Recife and will speed up and hopes for a quicker passage of the Doldrums to catch Paprec. 

The group behind in the southern Atlantic is struggling with a big High that does not allow boatsspeed over 10kts. 

LiveSkipper, virtual boats have finished there Sail the Globe sailing race already. They sailed a whole lot faster, though also in the same boat and sails. Better navigation tools and scheduling options, must have helped those skippers to optimise the sailing better.  Their classifications can be seen in the TAB  RANK above.