Figaro 3 - La Solitaire - Leg 3 - Day 3

Overnight today, the front from the west has reached the Solitaire fleet. After a few hours of upwind sailing in rough conditions, the fleet rounded the Farallones Islands off the coast of northern Spain and began the 300-mile downwind shoot back to France at 25kn+. ----- Tom Laperche FRA rounded first, followed 2.3 miles behind by Erwan Le Draoulec FRA in second. Nils Palmieri SUI, who moved up to second yesterday, is in 5th place this morning, 5.6 miles behind. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.