Informationen zum Kurs und Skipperpertraits - Segel.de
Informationen zum Kurs und Skipperpertraits - Segel.de
Informationen zum Kurs und Skipperpertraits - Segel.de
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LEG 3<br />
DÚN LAOGHAIRE LES SABLES- NNE<br />
475 MILES<br />
The third leg is a long run full south of over 300 nautical miles to the Brittany point. Once the<br />
Saint-Georges channel is crossed, between Ireland and Wales, and Wolf Rock lighthouse<br />
has been left to port si<strong>de</strong>, east of the Scilly Isles, a further 90 nautical miles will remain to<br />
reach the coast of Finistère.<br />
The Portsall Gran<strong>de</strong> Basse buoy marks the entrance of a coastal part of the course as the<br />
skippers then need to ro<strong>und</strong> the Brittany point leaving Ushant to starboard. Careful and good<br />
tactical choices will be of utmost importance. Some skippers will <strong>und</strong>oubtedly attempt the<br />
passage by the Fromveur leaving the Molène archipelago and the Isle of Sein to port; others,<br />
<strong>de</strong>pending on the weather windows and the currents, will opt for the Four channel and the<br />
raz <strong>de</strong> Sein, aware that these passages are marked by strong currents that can really get in<br />
the way of making progress.<br />
The course is then clear to sail to the south of Brittany and reach the Vendée: a further 130<br />
miles of long-distance racing <br />
however as some may <strong>de</strong>ci<strong>de</strong>, in the event of weak winds, to take a more easterly course,<br />
looking for coastal breezes between the isles of Groix, Bell-Île or Yeu. Others shall opt for<br />
following the more direct course, more offshore, to reach the cardinal South mark Le Nouch,<br />
that has become legendary thanks to the Vendée Globe.<br />
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