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Jun 24

Good News, The Foils Are Loud Again! - Day 9 - New York Vendée

It's Day 9 of the solo race across the Atlantic and the wind has finally returned! Boris Herrmann can now fly towards the finish, will he manage to grab a podium position?

by Boris Herrmann

Day 9 // 6 June 2024 - 19:40 UTC

"Hello from Malizia - Seaexplorer! Yesterday, it felt great when I got the wind, when it finally kicked and the boat gradually accelerated. And on flat water, I find it particularly nice to sail like that. I'm optimistic for the second place, my Adrena routers indicate that I have a comfortable margin ahead of the South Group. So I'm quite confident and that feels good! But having taken the North route means that I'm also quite isolated here. I'm the only boat in this area. I usually find that it is actually much nicer to have boats around. It was a bit difficult for me at the beginning when I needed to assume my choice, and the models were very uncertain then. Now, I have accepted the situation. I'm here, I'm doing my thing. And that's it. So all good. 

In the next hours of the race it will get dark here, in about 2-3 hours. I wonder if I do a sail change before or not. It depends a bit on the wind strength. At the moment, it doesn't look like it. And then I have the options to gybe, and the necessity to gybe as well. This will be the game for me from now on to the finish. Several gybe ahead, at least three times, more likely five times, maybe even more often. And also the question of sail change. So these are the two main points for me from now to the finish. All right. Bye!"

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