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If anyone cares, there is a great race going on!
Gordon

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Gordon a écrit :
If anyone cares, there is a great race going on!
Gordon
Yes! And can you believe this in the middle of the south atlantic ocean?
"read on sailing anarchy this morning : (Thanks to Luc Habert on
fr.rec.bateaux)

At the 11.00 Vendee Globe position reports Vincent Riou and Jean Pierre
Dick, were about 6 miles apart. At about 12.30 GMT, both skippers got a
big fright. Vincent Riou, on PRB, had been down below checking his
charts when he decided to go on deck and make sure all was well. On
setting foot in the cockpit, he was staggered to see that Paprec-Virbac
was so close; far too close! Just how close Vincent isn't sure, but he
reckoned about 20 to 30 second away and on a collision course.

Vincent, on port tack, grabbed the tiller to luff and just avoided an
accident. Vincent said afterward "My anti collision radar was on, but I
never heard anything from it. It's the closest shave I've ever had, all
the time I've been at sea."

Jean-Pierre Dick said "I was asleep. Vincent called me to tell me what
happened. It is fortunate he saw me or it would have been a catastrophe.
Looking back it really scares you."
"
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