V AND B – MAYENNE, BACK IN THE RACE!

After a 5-hour technical stop in Brest, French skippers Maxime Sorel and Guillaume Le Brec have rejoined the race. The boat preparateurs worked like swiftly and replaced the damaged port outrigger shroud. V and B - Mayenne to get it ready again for the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre. The duo will re-enter with a new mission; to try and claw back places as as they head to the finish in Salvador de Bahia. The wind has swung south and is less powerful than since the start of the Route du Café. They are now beginning to cross the Bay of Biscay. “My team was great,” Sorel said. “We are leaving again in good condition. I would like to thank Team Actual Leader, Highfield, Team Sodebo, Blewstub and Jean-Philippe Joly, who helped us in Brest. I wish good luck to the Brest Atlantiques crews. Thanks also to my partners for their unfailing support. We leave Brest at 100%.”