With nearly ten hours gone, race favourites Tonnerre de Breskens lead the Conway Media Round Ireland Yacht Race as the leading pack leave the Tuskar Rock behind. Breskens was first around, with Frenchman Bernard Gouy in Inis Mor 3.8 miles adrift, and the youngsters in Pride of Wicklow chasing hard less than half a mile further back. The leaders have left the relative doldrums behind and the top ten are making an average of around 9.2 knots to the south. Breskens seem to be diving south, possibly in anticipation of a southerly shift during the night.
As we check it, the top ten are
1 Tonnerre
2 Inis Mor
3 Pride of Wicklow
4 Fujitsu
5 Visit Malta Puma
6 Aquelina
7 Daft.com
8 Spirit of Rosslare Europort
9 Bejaysus
10 Sailing West Intuition
The Daft.com team posted a podcast update as they rounded the Tuskar, listen in below, and visit the race tracker online HERE
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