Arkéa Ultim Challenge: Coville leaves after a long stop in Tasmania

Forced to stop in Hobart (Tasmania) for a technical stopover, Thomas Coville (Sodebo) returned to sea this Friday at 10:36 p.m. French time after 2 days 2 hours and 39 minutes of pit stop. This stop will have been longer than the regulatory minimum 24 hours, violent weather conditions, with two strong depressions, having forced him to wait in shelter at the port. Second at the time of his stop, Thomas Coville starts again in third position 3500 miles from the leader, Charles Caudrelier, (Maxi Edmond de Rothschild), who decided to put himself in a pause position as he approached Cape Horn, the weather being favorable. deplorable.