IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2016/17 - Day 58

The leading duo has been trailing longer as expected along the Brazilian coas at low speeds, and with barely 200 nm in the past 24 hours, they were the slowest of the fleet. Alex Thomson GBR reduced the backlog on Armel le Cléac'h FRA to 136 nm. According to the latest forecasts, Thomson will reach the trade winds as first as first by this evening. Rich Wilson USA kept his 14th place yesterday in the fresh up to 40 kn wind.
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