Vendée Globe leader Sam Goodchild (VULNERABLE) has seen his lead shrink progressively as the skippers chasing behind him and to his west have held on to wind for slightly longer than he has, the British skipper descending south into light, light airs again.
“Right now I have four knots of wind and I have to make the most of it and try and get myself out of this as fast as possible.” Smiled Goodchild over his breakfast of scrambled eggs.
And in the light airs which have prevailed today to the west of the Cape Verde islands as the race enters its second week, the British leader has seen his lead reduced from over 40 miles to nine miles this Monday evening, but he remains focused whilst not taking too much from being ‘leader’.
“I did not expect to be leading the Vendée Globe at a week in which is not to say I don’t appreciate it and I am enjoying it. It Is pretty special. But t was not my objective at all. But it was the case that I was leading the west pack for a couple of days and the east pack were ahead of us on the chart and so then when I became leader on the chart was not a big moment at sea, like, but It is pretty special.”
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