| schema:articleBody
| - Thomas Ruyant is the new leader of the solo round-the-world Vendee Globe race on Tuesday after Charlie Dalin, who has been in front since November 23, set about repairing damage to the port foil of his boat Apivia. "Since 1800hrs UTC yesterday, Charlie Dalin's race has been on hold," his team said in a statement. "After hearing a loud noise, the boat that was leading the fleet slowed right down. "He carried out an appraisal during the night and saw that the port foil was damaged, but that there was no ingress of water." Dalin, who held a 300 nautical mile lead a week ago, is now back in third after being overhauled by Ruyant in LinkedOut who was just 9nm ahead of Yannick Bestaven's Maitre Coq IV at 1700GMT Tuesday. Dalin, 36, was back up to 15knots by 1700GMT after slowing to under 6 knots earlier in the day and trailed Ruyant by 127nm. There is a gap of 306nm back to the chasing group of five, including Jean Le Cam's Yes We Cam!, who are separated by just 12nm. The fleet is sailing east in the southern reaches of the Indian Ocean, approaching Tasmania, and hugging the Antarctic Exclusion Zone, nearly halfway through the gruelling race. In spite of his problems, Dalin remains hopeful of getting back into the race quickly. "The conditions expected in the area on Tuesday seem favourable to attempt a repair over the next few hours," said Dalin's team. "Charlie has also gybed this morning to start the procedure and is currently doing his best to resume his Vendee Globe as quickly as possible." The two foils, port and starboard, are large lateral appendages that allow the hull to rise above the water so that the boat can travel at high speed. They are characteristics of the latest generation of Vendee Globe monohulls. The team said the damage did not seem to be linked to an impact with an unidentified floating object. Ruyant, who spent two days in the lead after Alex Thomson was forced out of the race before Dalin overtook him on November 23, admitted he was not looking behind him. "I'm sorry for Charlie," said Ruyant, quoted by his team. "I was surprised to see him this morning (Tuesday) almost stopped. But I'm not going to slow down. "I fought to be where I am today. The next few hours are right for speed, while behind, the hunting party is stumbling along in the high pressure. "I am not getting carried away. I am keeping a cool head, but I'm happy to be in the lead after going almost halfway around the world." Ruyant is about to head into fresh waters as his previous attempt at the race in 2016 ended before he reached the Pacific when he hit an unidentified floating object while sailing between Australia and New Zealand. Classification at 1700GMT Tuesday: 1. Thomas Ruyant (FRA/LinkedOut) 12,551.8 nautical miles from finish, 2. Yannick Bestaven (FRA/Maitre Coq IV) at 8.8nm, 3. Charlie Dalin (FRA/Apivia) 127nm, 4. Jean Le Cam (FRA/Yes we Cam!) 433.2nm, 5. Louis Burton (FRA/Bureau Vallee 2) 436.6nm, 6. Benjamin Dutreux (FRA/OMIA-Water Family) 437.5nm, 7. Boris Herrmann (GER/Seaexplorer-Yacht Club de Monaco) 443.5nm, 8. Damien Seguin (FRA/Groupe Apicil) 445.6nm, 9. Isabelle Joschke (GER/MACSF) 522.6nm, 10. Giancarlo Pedote (ITA/Prysmian Group) 560.7nm smr/dga/bsp/gj/iwd
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)
![[cxml]](/fct/images/cxml_doc.png)
![[csv]](/fct/images/csv_doc.png)
![[text]](/fct/images/ntriples_doc.png)
![[turtle]](/fct/images/n3turtle_doc.png)
![[ld+json]](/fct/images/jsonld_doc.png)
![[rdf+json]](/fct/images/json_doc.png)
![[rdf+xml]](/fct/images/xml_doc.png)
![[atom+xml]](/fct/images/atom_doc.png)
![[html]](/fct/images/html_doc.png)