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Plus de FigaroSlight modification to the course of the first leg
30-07-2011
The Race Director of La Solitaire du Figaro race explained that there will be a slight change to the course number of the first leg between Perros Guirec and Caen due to the light wind conditions and Sunday's tidal coefficient. The change will apply in order to avoid the sailors having to spend the first 10 to 12 hours of the race stuck close to the Armor coastline.
The first mark, the "Roche Gautier" cardinal, north east of Perros Guirec, has been removed from the course. The 47 Figaro sailors having crossed the star line at 11:00, will therefore will head direct to the Radio France mark located to the southwest of the "Couillons" mark.
Note that the start will be on a fixed position; the line will be set perpendicular to the axis of the buoy and not in relation to the axis of wind.
In other words, we could see boats crossing the start line under spinnaker, which would not be traditional for a start. The remainder of the route continues as previously planned: across the Channel towards the English coastline, along which two marks to be left to starboard, Hand Deeps at the entrance to Plymouth Bay and then a hundred miles further east, the Fairway buoy (western tip of the Isle of Wight). before the return crossing across the Channel to the finish in the Bay of Caen.
In total, the length of the course (320 miles) remains the same. The current ETA estimates the first arrival for around noon Wednesday, August 3. This first leg, the shortest of the four on paper, may be, paradoxically, the longest at sea!
Note that the start will be on a fixed position; the line will be set perpendicular to the axis of the buoy and not in relation to the axis of wind.
In other words, we could see boats crossing the start line under spinnaker, which would not be traditional for a start. The remainder of the route continues as previously planned: across the Channel towards the English coastline, along which two marks to be left to starboard, Hand Deeps at the entrance to Plymouth Bay and then a hundred miles further east, the Fairway buoy (western tip of the Isle of Wight). before the return crossing across the Channel to the finish in the Bay of Caen.
In total, the length of the course (320 miles) remains the same. The current ETA estimates the first arrival for around noon Wednesday, August 3. This first leg, the shortest of the four on paper, may be, paradoxically, the longest at sea!
