British corner

The two British solosailors Nick Bubb and Phil Sharp are on a real flyer one day in to Transat 6.50. The two has together with a third skipper gone for the far right corner and has even been sailing the wrong way for a while.

The three, Jaime Mumbru is the third, have gone due west after the start and none of the 67 other boats have seen any reason to follow. The three musketeers have been sightseeing the Islands and Monday morning they where on the outskirts of the group of islands. The reason behind the corner banging is that they wanted to avoid a windless area along the rhumbline. But so far the parking zone has yet to appear for the rest of the fleet.

It’s quite the opposite that has happened. And by this evening the wind is supposed to fill in from the east. If that happens the chances for the three sailors to climb the result list are slim. Bubb is in 68th, Sharp on 57th and Mumbru on 63rd. The smile Bubb had on his face when he lead the fleet out from the start has probably been changed with some serious hairpulling by now.

The rest of the fleet has chosen a far more conservative approach and are sailing more close to the rhumbline line. Yvan Noblet is leading the fleet to the right of the direct course to Cape Verde.