A straight, mostly problem free race for Le Turquais who showed his resolute mettle last year restarting the Transat Jacques Vabre six days after the fleet after his IMOCA was holed. He finished more than 100 or so miles clear of the next best daggerboard boat on Lazare -previously Groupe Apicil - and bettering his best IMOCA rescult to date which was 13th on the last Route du Rhum
HIS RACE IN FIGURES
Finish time: 10:05:34 UTC
Race time: 9d 22h 35mn 34sec
Distance covered: 3,212.70 nautical miles
Gap to first place: 1d 15h 42mn 2sec
Average speed (on the great circle route): 12.36 knots
Actual average speed: 13.47 knots
