Race management has been forced to modify the appearance of the 3rd and final stage which will start this Sunday.
Special envoy to Roscoff
The weather conditions of the next few days have forced the race management to modify the appearance of thefinal stage of this Solitaire 2023. The immense anticyclone reigning in the Bay of Biscay made it impossible to reach a buoy off the coast of Gijón in Spain initially scheduled.
The new route was commented on by Philippe Hartz (National Navy-Fondation de la Mer) following the last weather briefing offered by Météo Consult: “ We are going to be eaten in a soft, pasty sauce that sticks to the water. The route has been much reduced. The beginning, from Roscoff will be tricky, complicated and we will have to keep calm. We will then go towards a mark off Lake Hourtin. After this buoy, we will go towards Piriac, with a small loop which will allow us to modulate the arrival time. I hope to be among the first to enter the small port.»
This course offers from 1 p.m. tomorrow for the 32 sailors in the race, 470 miles to swallow.