Van Den Heede within 450 miles of finish

Day 208 

  • ETA – Monday 28th January
  • One last storm due on Sunday
  • 2nd placed Mark Slats trails 412 miles astern

Dateline: 11:00 UTC  26. 01. 2019 – Les Sables d’Olonne, France

The 73-year old Frenchman and his Rustler 36 yacht Matmut have led this 27,000 mile solo circumnavigation since rounding the Cape of Good Hope on 23rd August last year and stretched this out a 2,000 mile lead before suffering a capsize and serious mast damage during a southern ocean storm on 8th November when 1,900 miles west of Cape Horn. Jean-Luc Van Den Heede is now within 450 miles of the Golden Globe Race finish line and  expected to receive a huge welcome home in Les Sables d’Olonne on Monday 28th January…

More news when we get details from the finish line…

 

 

 

 

 

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