Pilar Pasanau moves up
Pilar Pasanau.
The majority of the Atlantic Grand Prix fleet is being held up by a lull close to the African coast. Solo competitor Pilar Pasanau on board Iberdac-GAES chose a more western course. Thanks to that call, the Spanish yachtswoman has managed an average of six knots over the past 24 hours. It also means that she has climbed her way back up the general rankings.
A considerable portion of the Atlantic Grand Prix fleet has found itself held up by a pool of low pressure between parallels 31º36’N and 32º01’W. Only three of the entries managed to avoid the roadblock: the real time leaders Niob Sexto Cheyenne with Alex Quer and Lucio Perez’s Macaco, both holding on to some light wind helping them towards the Marina Rubicon (Lanzarote), pushing them further ahead of the rest of the fleet; and a third entry with Pilar Pasanau at the helm: Iberdec-GAES. Thanks to the Spanish solo skipper’s tactics the entry, which is further away from the African coast on a SW course, has managed to maintain an average speed of six knots over the last day’s run.
According to yesterday’s position reports, Niob Sexto was 132 miles from the Marina Rubicon waypoint, on a 220º course with speeds of five knots. Her most immediate rival was Macaco, some 154 miles from the waypoint, on a 220º course, sailing at speeds of four knots. Infoveleros, still in third place was in the middle of the breezeless pocket, some 197 miles from Marina Rubicon, sailing at one knot. Pilar Pasanau has climbed to fourth place and is 208 miles from the Lanzarote mark, logging speeds between 5.5 and 6.5 knots.
