Class40 Fleet Stops in La Coruña Due to Weather Conditions

26th October 2025

Afloat.ie Team

Pamela Lee is racing in the Transat CAFE L'OR, navigating towards La Coruña for safety amid changing weather conditions.

Because of an incoming frontal system, deterioration in weather conditions is forecast at the entrance to the Bay of Biscay in the coming days. Transat Cafe L'Or ace management has decided to alter the Class40 course. The 42 boats in the fleet (including County Wicklow's Pamela Lee) will stop in La Coruña (Spain) to seek shelter.

A second start will then be given for this class as soon as conditions permit.

The leg rankings are calculated in real time. The overall ranking of the Transat CAFE L'OR Le Havre Normandie will be determined by the combined times of the two legs, as decided by the Jury.

The courses for the ULTIM and IMOCA boats remain unchanged.

Published in Transatlantic Jacques Vabre, Class40

Published in Transatlantic Jacques Vabre

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