Groupama

Good video as they race Orange up the Atlantic, they are about half a day behind at the moment and still in with a chance:

Groupama 3 -Atlantic Roll

Jules Verne Trophy- Groupama 3 attempt.

The current phase offshore of the Brazilian coast isn't the easiest section on this round the world trip, with a mass of storm squalls making it difficult to anticipate the trajectory. Navigator Stan Honey, in collaboration with the onshore router Sylvain Mondon, is constantly having to adapt Groupama 3's course in order to extract her from this zone and finally make it through to the tradewinds to the North of the 22° parallel...

The forecast wind report isn't yet tallying up with the current situation on the water... The atmospheric sounding didn't predict the gale which ripped through the navigation zone to the SE of Rio de Janeiro at 40 knots with very choppy seas last night. The fatigue related to this round the world is beginning to weigh on them now and the crew has lost weight since leaving Ushant. Furthermore this transition around 300 miles to the North, at the mercy of the wind, may well prove to be the key to this Jules Verne Trophy...