IMOCA, Class 40, Multi 50, Ultime - Route du Rhum - Pointe-à-Pitre FRA - Day 16

After 16 days of racing, Romain Pilliard FRA will be the last Ultime trimaran to finish the race, the Ocean 50 trimarans are already all in Pointe-à-Pitre. ----- There are 7 Open 60s left in the race, with Samantha Davis GBR ('Initiatives Coeur') finishing in 28th place, having started the race cautiously with her new Open 60 in test mode. Only a little behind Davis follows Jingkun Xu CHN. Oliver Heer SUI made good progress with 260 miles in 24 hours and remains in the running for the Vendée Globe qualification limit, where he has to finish by Tuesday. ----- The decision in the Rhum Multi class will be made this morning: Roland Jourdain FRA ('We explore') was still 75 miles short of the finish this morning, but the first chaser Loïc Escoffier FRA ('Lodigroup') is only 12 miles behind. ----- In the Rhum Mono class, Jean-Pierre Dick FRA ('Notre Méditerrannée - Ville de Nice'), another Vendée Globe veteran, is also in front and should reach the finish line tomorrow night. ----- The race tracker and the reports.