Luke Berry (Britain) – Lamotte – Module Creation (Class40)

In a message to the race office at 09:59 (French time), Britain's Luke Berry, skipper of the Class40 Lamotte – Module Creation (Class40), officially abandoned the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. Berry and French his co-skipper, Tanguy Le Turquais, dismasted on Monday morning, but recovered everything from the sea and arrived in Roscoff at 16:00.

Update from HUGO BOSS VII

Alex and Neal have got off to a good start. In our upwind leg towards the mark on day one, we seemed to struggle with performance so we lost some miles. But it was interesting to see HUGO BOSS sail upwind against the other boats. This is the first time we've had the opportunity to do that so it's given us a good understanding of where we are and what work we have to do. “After rounding the windward mark, Alex and Neal had a great night. They were able to pull back the miles lost and push forwards towards the front of the fleet. 

The routing had all the boats heading to the southerly option, between Ushant and the TSS exclusion zone. 

Now there will be a transition where Alex and Neal will have to tackle the low pressure centred to the east over the Azores Islands. We expect to see the boats all slow down over the next few hours as they sail in more of an upwind angle through the night. 

Overall, we're comfortable with how HUGO BOSS is performing so far. It's clear she is fast in light to medium conditions.

Samantha Davies:  - INITIATIVES-CŒUR - IMOCA

Good morning from Initiatives Coeur!
All is good on board! It’s been a great run so far and we have already achieved a new record top speed for the boat - 34.2 knots reaching yesterday! The only problem so far is that the AIS/VHF antenna can’t hold on to the top of the mast at these speeds and we’ve lost it. So we’re running our backup antenna on the transom which has a smaller range!
A sunny morning here, much slower today but the computer tells me that we’re at 100% for the current wind conditions! We’re making the most of the slower sailing to catch up on some sleep as the first 36h were a bit busy!!!