Bénéteau Figaro, Class 40 - Solo Normandie - Granville FRA - Day 1

The French Solo Annual Championship 2017 was kicked-off yesterday with the Solo-Normandie in Granville. 24 Bénéteau Figaro and 3 Class 40 departed by noon in light winds, the Figaros to a 280 nm round course on St-Malo Bay, the Class 40 to an offshore course to Bournemouth GBR on the opposite side of the Channel. This morning, Alan Roberts GBR was in the lead in the Figaros closely followed by Alexis Loison FRA on 2nd and Yann Eliès FRA - again underway 2 months after finishing the Vendée Globe - on rank 3.
The race tracker and the report on the start.