Figaro 3 - La Solitaire du Figaro - Leg 1 - Day 1

In moderate winds of around 12kn, the 34 solo skippers of the Solitaire set off late yesterday afternoon for the first leg, which leads from Saint Nazaire across the Bay of Biscay to La Coruna and back to Lorient. ----- This morning the fleet is still close together. Tom Laperche FRA and Pierre Quiroga FRA are tied at the top, 0.3 miles behind is Gildas Mahé FRA 3. Nils Palmieri SUI is 16th, 1.9 miles behind. ----- The race tracker and the report from the start.