IMOCA Open 60 - Vendée Globe 2016/17 - Day 59

The leading duo is still fighting with light and variable winds along the Brazilian coast. Armel le Cléac'h FRA was 216 nm in front of Alex Thompson GBR. Jérémy Béyou FRA on the 3rd place however was progressing at good speeds and reduced the backlog on Thomson by 200 nm on 400 nm this morning. Louis Burton FRA has just passed Cape Horn as 7th. He was the first who had to sail upwind in a south-easterly wind when passing this last major waypoint. Rich Wilson USA remains on rank 14.
The race tracker, the news of this morning UTC and the videos.