Yesterday, the rest of the fleet also reached the finish of the final leg of the Solitaire. We reported about the victory of Corentin Horeau FRA. Nils Palmieri SUI lost a lot of time before the finish and was 24th, which dropped him down to 29th overall. ----- The final results and the reports.

This morning at 3h, Benoît Tuduri FRA reached the finish as winner of the 3rd leg. The first-time participant (Bizuth) had already won the first leg, but was given a time penalty. So it was not quite enough for the overall victory. It goes to Corentin Horeau FRA, who has a lead of just 11 minutes over Basile Bourgnon FRA after a total of more than 11 days of racing. Loïs Berrehar FRA follows in third place. Nils Palmieri SUI reached the finish this morning at 7h in 24th place. ----- The race-tracker, the overall-classification and the reports.

Early this morning, the fleet rounded the southern way mark before the Gironde estuary. At the front Benoît Tuduri FRA, whose attack narrowly gave him the lead by 0.1 miles over Jules Delpech FRA. Elodie Bonafous FRA follows 1.3 miles behind in 3rd place, with Nils Palmieri SUI now 25th, 22 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

In still moderate conditions, the fleet has now covered half of the leg. The leaders are still in sight: Elodie Bonafous FRA leads with 1.4 miles ahead of Alexis Loison FRA and Gaston Morvan FRA. Only Benoît Tuduri FRA (2.8 miles behind), sailing in 9th place, is venturing close to shore, not a bad idea given the wind forecasts ! Nils Palmieri SUI is in 24th place, 18 miles behind. The race-tracker and the news.

So far, the 3rd leg, which started yesterday at noon in Roscoff, has been characterised by calm winds. This morning, the closely packed fleet is rounding the western tip of Brittany. Gaston Morvan FRA and Alexis Loison FRA are tied at the top, followed 0.3 miles behind by Elodie Bonafous FRA in third. Nils Palmieri SUI is 23rd, 4.4 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

Today at 14h, the start to the 3rd and last leg of the Solitaire will take place in Brittany. The race organisers have decided to shorten the leg and hold it close to the coast due to the forecast of calm winds on the Bay of Biscay. Over 470 miles, the race will head south along the coast of Brittany to the mouth of the Gironde, and from there back north to the leg finish at Piriac-sur-Mer. ----- The preview, all further reports and the race-tracker. From 13.45h we will broadcast the start live - see above.

Yesterday we reported about the leg victory of Basile Bourgnon FRA, he also took the lead in the overall classification. Meanwhile, the whole fleet has reached the finish. Nils Palmieri SUI had to accept a setback after his 2nd place in the 1st stage. Now 15 hours behind, he has dropped back to 21st place. The results and the reports. The start of the 3rd leg leads via Gijon ESP to Piriac-sur-Mer in southern Brittany. Start tomorrow Sunday, we will broadcast live.

Yesterday, the conditions remained very flat until the finish. ----- Basile Bourgnon FRA, with 21 the youngest participant in the fleet, could defend his lead just 4 minutes ahead of Corentin Horeau FRA. Loïs Berrehar FRA came in 3rd, 27 minutes behind. 15 of the 31 participants have reached the finish line by 7am this morning. Nils Palmieri SUI is still on the road in 21st position. Bourgnon should take the lead in the overall classification, he finished the first leg in 5th place. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

Light winds dominated the 2nd leg of the Solitaire yesterday as well. Tonight, the closely packed fleet passed the south-western tip of England, with 60 miles still to go across the English Channel to the leg finish in Roscoff. ----- Basile Bourgnon FRA took the lead just 0.1 miles ahead of Correntin Horeau FRA. Nils Palmieri SUI has dropped back to 18th place, but his gap is still only 6.5 miles. ----- The winds will continue to be very light today, an exciting day awaits, finish expected this evening. The race-tracker and the reports.

With winds remaining moderate, the fleet is heading south in the Irish Sea this morning. ----- In the early hours of the day, Gaston Morvan FRA has taken the lead after being the first to circumvent an exclusion zone to the east and benefiting from slightly fresher winds. Alexis Loison FRA, who had been leading the fleet in the west, follows a mile behind in second. Elodie Bonafous FRA also in the east has moved up to third with a gap of 2.9 miles. Still keeping close is Nils Palmieri SUI, who follows in 8th place, 7.7 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

With easterly winds around 12kn, the fleet has made good progress across the Irish Sea and is rounding the northern course mark at the Isle of Man this morning. Hugo Dhalenne FRA has extended his lead to 5 miles, Alexis Loison FRA is now in second place and also Nils Palmieri SUI is in the chasing group in 6th place, 9.2 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

With light easterly headwinds, the fleet has made slow progress since the start in Kinsale yesterday. ----- This morning, Hugo Dhalenne FRA is in the lead, as first of a northerly group that made slightly better progress close to the coast. 0.8 miles behind is Arthur Hubert FRA in 2nd place. Racing well again is Nils Palmieri SUI in 6th place with a gap of 2.3 miles. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

Today at 13h CET, the start to the 2nd leg of the Solitaire will take place in Kinsale off the southern Irish coast, leading over 550 miles back to France in northern Brittany via a detour into the Irish Sea. The wind forecast is flat, which often makes for large gaps, possibly the decisive stage ! After the jury decisions, the gaps after the first stage are extremely small: The retroactively declared winner Tom Dolan IRL is only just 6 minutes ahead of Nils Palmieri SUI, and the first 25 are separated by 45 min - the ranking and the video summary of the 1st leg. Plus the race tracker (from 13h) and the preview (French or English). From 12.45h we will broadcast the start live (see above).

Yesterday morning the jury met and handed out various time penalties: Leg winner Benoît Tuduri FRA has to accept a 30 min penalty for not following the class rules and dropped back to 4th position. Julie Simon FRA drove through a restricted zone and has been downgraded from 3rd to 17th position. Thus the leg win goes to Tom Dolan IRL, and Nils Palmieri SUI follows in 2nd place. Tomorrow the race continues with the 2nd leg. ----- The report and the corrected ranking list.

Yesterday morning, the first leg of the Solitaire ended in Kinsale IRL after 3 days and 19 hours. ----- Benoît Tuduri FRA won the first leg of his first Solitaire 15 minutes ahead of Tom Dolan IRL. Further 6 minutes behind, Julie Simon FRA was 3rd - also her first time in the Solitaire. Only by one minute, Nils Palmieri SUI in 4th place missed the podium. As always in this one-design class, the gaps remained small, and the remaining legs will also be exciting. ----- The start of the 2nd leg to Baie de Morlaix in northern Brittany will be on Sunday. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

After rounding the Fastnet rock, the fleet is on the home stretch towards Kinsdale IRL. Around 9am this morning, the decision will be made. ----- In the lead is the 'surprise man' Benoît Tuduri FRA, taking part in a 'Solitaire' for the first time. The decision has not yet been made: Nils Palmieri SUI is only 1.9 miles behind in 2nd place. And also Julie Simon FRA still has all chances with 2.4 miles back. We will broadcast the finish live (see above). ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

Good westerly wind conditions enabled a direct passage across the English Channel to Cowes yesterday, and the route back to France was also made quickly. Early this morning, the fleet passed the Héaux de Bréhat lighthouse in northern Brittany, and is now on its way to Fastnet Rock in the south of Ireland. ----- New in the lead is Basile Bourgnon FRA, 0.5 miles ahead of Guillaume Pirouelle FRA in 2nd. Nils Palmieri SUI follows 2.7 miles behind in 17th. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.

With fresh winds around 20 knots, the start of the 54th Solitaire, the season highlight of this single-handed class, took place in Caen yesterday at noon. 32 participants, including 10 newcomers (Bizuth) and 5 women are at the start. The first leg leads over 610 miles to Kinsale IRL and should take about 3 days. ----- This morning, the fleet is sailing close together across the English Channel with Guillaume Pirourelle FRA leading by 1.5 miles over Basile Bourgnon FRA. Elodie Bonafous FRA is the best classified woman in 7th place, 2.6 miles behind. Nils Palmieri SUI stays in the midfield in 12th place, 3.3 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the report (engl. or franz.).