Joint domination

For Le Cleach and Drouglazet at Generali Mediterranee inshore races off Port Camargue

Following the conclusion of the coastal race from Marseilles yesterday, today two windward-leewards each of roughly 8 miles were held off Port Camargue for the 32 boats.

The westerly wind started light at just 8 knots, but quickly built up to 20 knots kicking up a short chop.

Former Figaro winner Eric Drouglazet on David Oliver is proving highly consistent following his win in yesterday's coastal race, scoring a 1-2 today carving out a clear lead for himself in the overall results ahead of Gildas Morvan on Circle Verte. The second inshore race was won by Armel Le Cleach proving as he did in Marseilles that his forte are the 'banana' inshore courses.

While Le Cleach didn't do so well in the coastal race, he is now lying fifth behind last year's winner Jérémie Beyou and Erwan Tabarly who are separated by just one point.

"It was really shifty and unpredictably shifty," said British competitor Sam Davies. "We were okay and seemed to be making the right decisions but at the back you have to play the shifts dependent on where everyone else is going which can be frustrating."

Unhappy with her starts today, Davies concentrated on the set up of Skandia to improve upwind performance: "We seem a bit slower than some others upwind, especially if its windy and there are waves," said Davies. "I was trying out different ways of trimming the boat like changing backstay tension and so on. Every incremental improvement feels just great and makes a huge difference to your morale, you just have to keep chipping away."

Following today's racing Skandia has moved up one place to 26th overall just behind Vendée Globe sailor Marc Thiercelin, after scoring a 23rd and 24th place.

Tomorrow the Figaro fleet leave Port Camargue for the second overnight offshore leg - a 190 mile race to Beaulieu. Heading eastwards will give the potential for more downwind/reaching sailing if the winds stays from the western sector.

Results overall

Pos	Boat		Skipper	Total
1	DAVID OLIVIER	Eric	DROUGLAZET	13
2	CERCLE VERT	Gildas	MORVAN	22
3	DELTA DORE	Jeremie	BEYOU	29
4	THALES	Erwan	TABARLY	30
5	CREALINE	Armel	LE CLEACH	31
6	E. LECLERC  Protégeons l'environnement	Sébastien	AUDIGANE	45
7	AON	Laurent	PELLECUER	53
8	ESPOIR CREDIT AGRICOLE	Gwenaël	RIOU	55
9	3201 METEOCONSULT Groupe Prosodie	Gilles	CHIORRI	59
10	GROUPE GENERALI ASSURANCES	Yann	ELIES	68
11	BOSTIK FINDLEY	Charles	CAUDRELIER BENAC	75
12	Rêve de grand - ACTUAL Interim	Yves	LE BLEVEC**	84
13	PORT TREBEURDEN	Romain	ATTANASIO	89
14	Petit Navire Le Bon Goût du Large	Thierry	CHABAGNY	92
15	Café MALONGO	Christopher	PRATT**	98
16	SORELEC MBD Design	Arnaud	BOISSIERES	102
17	Skipper ag2r	Jeanne	GREGOIRE	103
18	VILLE DE CHERBOURG / MORY TEAM	Alexandre	TOULORGE	105
19	PETITS-PETONS / FTH THIRARD	Christophe	ARTAUD**	110
20	CREPES WHAOU !	Franck-Yves	ESCOFFIER**	110
21	IN EXTREMIS	Marc	EMIG**	115
22	SOR  TMC	Christophe	BOUVET**	117
23	ART IMMOBILIER CONSTRUCTION	Daniel	DUPONT	125
24	PLUS PHARMACIE	Stéphane	SEVAUX**	146
25	BERMUDES	Marc	THIERCELIN	154
26	SKANDIA	Samantha	DAVIES**	154
27	ALTAVENTURE / SNSM	Eric	PILAT**	162
28	M@RSEILLE ENTREPRISES	Jean Paul	MOUREN	163
29	SECTOR SPORT WATCHES	Corrado	AGUSTA**	165
30	STERN groep	Sander	BAKKER**	175
31	MONACO MARINE GROUP	Alberto	SPINA	175
32	LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR	Lionel	PEAN	198

** = Figaro first seasoners, bizuths,