IMOCA, Class 40, Multi 50, Ultime - Route du Rhum - Point-à-Pitre FRA - Day 18

After 17 days, three Open 60s remain still in the race, including at the very end of the fleet Oliver Heer SUI in the race for the Vendee Globe qualifying limit. It's going well, as this morning, he was only 700 miles short - his reports. ----- Twenty-one of the 37 Class 40s remaining in the race have finished, with another group due to arrive today. ----- In the Rhum Multi class, Philippe Poupon FRA, who raced in the first edition of the Route du Rhum in 1976, follows today in 6th position . He is helming the trimaran of the then winner Florence Arthaud FRA. ----- In the Rhum Mono class, Catherine Chabaud FRA follows today in 2nd place behind winner Jean-Pierre Dick FRA. The rest of the fleet is still a while off. ----- The race tracker and the reports.