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    Posted: 18 Jan 17 at 4:44pm
The way it's panning out it's going to be a reach down the south Brittany coast and Alex has admitted his chances are now very very slim. He lost his masthead instruments a few days ago and the deck mounted anemometer has now failed so he has reported he hasn't slept for 2 days and without the instruments his autopilot will steer to a heading but not to the wind, so it's been very tricky.
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Originally posted by ifoxwell

Yup he doesn't really have much he can use to attack with. If he goes early, on the off chance he can find something in the weather then he is technically at a disadvantage and Armel can just tack and cover and if he goes late, well he is just following Armel :-(

We can hope, he's sailing a bit faster and has the gap down to 28nm. WindyTV has him projected to fall back again though (not French are they? Angry)
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best means of tracking is via windy tv

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Where can I follow the coverage?
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Yup he doesn't really have much he can use to attack with. If he goes early, on the off chance he can find something in the weather then he is technically at a disadvantage and Armel can just tack and cover and if he goes late, well he is just following Armel :-(
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So unless he can find something in the weather he probably needs to get ahead before the tack?

Edited by JimC - 18 Jan 17 at 2:57pm
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Originally posted by JimC

I haven't paid that much attention, but would Alex have his one remaining foil in action now? If so presumably he'll lose relative boatspeed when they tack.

Yup he is on his favoured tack at the moment so will probably loose height/speed once they change direction
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I haven't paid that much attention, but would Alex have his one remaining foil in action now? If so presumably he'll lose relative boatspeed when they tack.

Edited by JimC - 18 Jan 17 at 2:18pm
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Crazy close considering the distance they have gone, live broadcasts tomorrow and hourly updates to the tracker as they get nearer to the finish.
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So there are just 300 miles to go and Alex is just 35 miles behind 

All they have to do is make there final tack to home... who is going to blink first!
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