IMOCA Open 60, Class 40, Multi 50 - Transat Jacques Vabre - Day 17, the Swiss

Five of the originally 30 departed Open 60 two-person teams were still underway this morning UTC. Yesterday, Alan Roura SUI/Sébastien Audigane FRA arrived in Salvador de Bahia as 21st almost three days after the winner. ----- Now, the Class 40s are approaching the finish with Ian Lipinski POL/Adrien Hardy FRA only 263nm away. Their advantage on Fabien Delahaye FRA/Sam Goodchild GBR was 73nm this morning. Aymeric Chappellier/Pierre Leboucher FRA follow another 72nm back. Close will be the race for rank 4 between Simon Koster/Valentin Gautier SUI now only 15nm behind the 4th-ranked Louis Duc/Aurélien Ducroz FRA. Jörg Riechers GER/Cédric Chateau FRA follow as 6th with a 30nm deficit on the Swiss. ----- The race tracker, the news and the videos.