Class 40 - Les Sables FRA - Les Acores POR- Les Sables FRA - Day 8

The front of the fleet reached Horta yesterday and is now on the way back to Les Sables. After the rough upwind to the Azores, the downwind course back to France is now very fast. ----- The gaps have increased accordingly: Axel Tréhin/Frédéric Denis FRA are now 8 miles ahead of Antoine Carpentier/Mikael Mergui FRA. Ian Lipinski POL/Ambrigio Beccaria ITA in 3rd has a 55-mile backlog. ----- The race-tracker and the reports.