Passing thru the Doldrums we have seen a lead change with PRB now ahead of Paprec Vibrac 2 by 23 miles. PRB took a slightly more Westerly route which put them thru to 1st. Not suprisingly PRB's Vincent Rio says, "It has actually been a lot easier than we thought, and apart from one big shower nothing that bad at all. " From 2nd place J.P. Dick says, "It’s annoying because all our effort to get ahead have evaporated in the space of one night!"
3rd place is Veolia 79 miles back and no longer the most western boat. Jean Luc Nelias has this report, "It is another clear night with the moon and stars in full view. We are sailing with the auto pilot and trimming the sails whilst the other person gets some rest."
8th place Estrella Damm continues to sail farthest to the East. From onboard Johnathan Mckee: "We saw another whale yesterday, this one about 10 meters long. We sailed right by it. That makes 3 so far this trip!"
The leaders will cross the equator and then accelerate in the trade winds. On Tuesday arrivals will begin at the Ferenando de Noronha scoring gate about 220 miles off the coast of Brazil.
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