PRB finishes second in Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre IMOCA

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PRB finishes second in Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre IMOCA

10 November 2019 - 17h10

Transat Jacques Vabre

10/11/2019 17:30

Kévin Escoffier and Nicolas Lunven, on PRB, have finished second in the IMOCA class of the 14th edition of the Transat Jacques Vabre Normandie Le Havre after crossing the finish line in the Bay of All Saints in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil on Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 16:04:42 (UTC), 14 days, 03 hours 49 minutes and 42 seconds after leaving Le Havre, Normandy, France on Sunday, October 27 at 12:15 (UTC).

PRB covered the theoretical course of 4,350 nautical miles at an average speed of 12.84 knots but actually sailed 5,035 nautical miles at an average speed of 14.82 knots. It finished 15 hours 41 minutes and 42 seconds behind the winner, Apivia.

In dramatic finish, PRB held off Charal all the way down the coast of north-east Brazil and as it went very light (under 8-knot unstable westerlies) at the finish, were little more than a mile ahead.

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