{"id":2878,"date":"2022-11-15T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T09:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibsasailing.com\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2022-12-21T11:32:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:32:17","slug":"day-15-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibsasailing.com\/en\/day-15-november-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"15 NOVEMBER"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Azores are now close, and the last disturbance, the third, has passed. Alberto Bona is completing day 6 of the Route du Rhum<\/em> at 9 knots, heading to the South-West with a beam wind that does not exceed 10 knots. At the 7 o\u2019clock check he is ninth, 66 miles from the leader: in the end, he is going past the Azores passing through, east of Terciera, maintaining a slightly lower position than the sailors ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All is well on board, at the moment: finally the upwind leg could be over, even if the trade winds haven\u2019t opened the door yet and tactics are becoming difficult, because Alberto needs to replan: he needs to sail fast, analyse all the forecasts again, find a new strategy and a correct course, because now the second leg of the regatta begins, and he must be reaching as soon as possible and get the boat running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attention of the general public is also shifting these days to other elements of the race, for example the big Ultims will sight Guadeloupe tomorrow: Charles Caudelier and his Maxi Edmond de Rothschild will see the island on Wednesday morning and will get ready to circumnavigate it, probably by night; some concern also for the decimated fleet, in particular among the Imocas (yesterday there was also a sinking, after a fire on board; fortunately, the sailor is safe) and the Class40s, the category that has paid the highest toll so far, because it ran into more and stronger disturbances: out of 55 boats at the starting line, about 40 are still racing; the others are now safe, or are reaching port due to various failures of troubles. Alberto Bona is fastened to the first ten: mature, focused, certainly tired, he is a lion who attacks, metre by metre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D5qprSGSHUY<\/a>