Class 40, Ocean 50 - Transat Jacques Vabre - Lorient FRA - Day 4

In the south of Portugal, the leading Class 40 group continues to sail close together. ----- Achille Nebout/Gildas Mahé FRA are now in the lead. Nicolas D'estais/Léo Débiesse FRA follow in 2nd place, 5 miles behind. Yesterday's leader Ambrigio Beccaria ITA/Nicolas Andrieu FRA, who have chosen a more easterly course in fresher winds, are in 4th place, 11 miles behind. ----- The rough conditions have taken their toll on the Ocean Fifty Class, with two of the five trimarans having to make a repair stop in the north of Spain. The leading trio is on the approach to Madeira. Thibaut Vauchel/Quentin Vlamynck FRA are now 48 miles ahead of Pierre Quiroga/Ronan Treussart FRA. ----- The race trackerand the reports.