Tide turning in Mini Transat

(November 4, 2021; Day 7) – The competitors further south today in the 23rd Mini Transat EuroChef fleet have evidently hung a right, deciding it was the time to cash in on their investment and take the direct route towards the West Indies, propelled along by a NE’ly trade wind with better speeds than their northerly counterparts.

Though the trades are slightly lacklustre, their average speed of between 8.5 and 10.5 knots are better than their adversaries further north who are having to pick their way along through patchy breeze and are readying themselves for a few tricky hours, especially so over the course of tomorrow.

The reason for the fickle forecast is a large area of very light winds sprawled right in front of them that could well wreak havoc on the leader board…

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