Guadeloupe on the horizon

Ellen MacArthur leads the charge towards the Caribbean

Overnight Ellen has continued her breakneck pace towards the Route du Rhum finish line at Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe and has yet again put in a 24 hour run of 347 miles. As a result she has pulled out a 85 mile lead over Mike Golding on Ecover.

Astern Michel Desjoyeaux on the 60ft trimaran Geant still has 631.4 miles to go. He is currently 423.2 miles astern of Kingfisher (remember the 60ft tris started 24 hours later) His average speed for the last 24 hours has been 425.2 miles which indicates that he may slip ahead of Kingfisher on overall elapsed time for the course. But it will be very very close... Will this be a re-enactment of the Vendee Globe or will Ellen have her victory and enter the history books as the Route du Rhum's first ever overall winner sailing a monohull?

Positions 22/11/02 07:00:00 GMT
Pos	Boat name	Skipper	Lat	Long	Dist	SOG	COG
60ft tris
1	Géant	Michel Desjoyeaux	21 37.20' N	53 02.92' W	631.4	17.7	232
2	Biscuits La Trinitaine - Ethypharm	Marc Guillemot	20 34.08' N	48 42.92' W	820.4	16.8	246
3	Banque Populaire	Lalou Roucayrol	22 37.72' N	47 59.36' W	905.2	17.3	233
ABD	Fujifilm	Loick Peyron
ABD	Banque Covefi	Bertrand deBroc
ABD	Sergio Tacchini	Karine Fauconnier
ABD	Sopra Group	Philippe Monnet
ABD	Bayer CropSciences	Frederic Le Peutrec
ABD	Belgacom	Jean-Luc Nélias
ABD	Foncia	Alain Gautier
ABD	Groupama	Franck Cammas
ABD	Rexona Men	Yvan Bourgnon
ABD	Sodebo	Thomas Coville
ABD	TIM	Giovanni Soldini
ABD	TechnoMarine	Steve Ravussin
ABD	Gitana X	Lionel Lemonchois
ABD	Eure&Loir-Lorénove	Francis Joyon
ABD	Bonduelle	Jean Le Cam
Open 60s
1	Kingfisher	Ellen McArthur	17 51.12' N	59 29.04' W	208.2	14.3	224
2	Ecover	Mike Golding	18 19.80' N	57 54.96' W	293.2	11.1	234
3	Arcelor-Dunkerque	Joé Seten	21 05.44' N	48 37.00' W	836.2	12.4	232
4	Sill	Roland Jourdain	22 04.52' N	47 26.80' W	918.8	12.5	233
5	Garnier Belgium	Patrick De Radiguès	20 38.32' N	40 11.64' W	1285.7	10.5	223
6	60ème Sud	Didier Munduteguy	24 18.48' N	37 58.32' W	1455.9	9.9	264
7	Un Univers de Services	Miranda Merron	23 39.30' N	36 11.52' W	1529.6	10.1	256
8	Millimages-Gédéon	Patrick Favre	27 00.00' N	34 12.00' W	1695.7	5.7	221
9	Tir Groupé-Montres Yéma	Mike Birch	23 19.08' N	32 44.00' W	1722.4	11.2	261
10	Ciments St Laurent-Ocean	Georges Leblanc	27 26.08' N	29 22.16' W	1945.9	4.9	256
ABD	Virbac	Jean Pierre Dick
NL	Dinan Pays d'Entreprises	Frédéric Lescot
ABD	VMI	Sébastien Josse
ABD	La Rage de Vivre	Loïck Pochet
NL	L'Heautontimoroumenos	Antoine Koch
NL	Leasecom	Elie Canivenc
ABD	Temenos	Dominique Wavre
Class 1 monos
1	Ville de Dinard	Bruno Reibel	31 38.76' N	30 13.64' W	1990	7.3	218
ABD	Un Autre Regard Ensemble pour l'UNHCR	Nicolas  Peitrequin
Class 2 monos
1	Ashfield Healthcare	Nick Moloney	26 29.56' N	40 30.44' W	1372.9	9	278
2	Florys	Luc Coquelin	26 11.20' N	37 13.96' W	1529.2	10	252
3	Branec III	Roger Langevin	27 34.80' N	37 03.88' W	1567.7	8.6	234
4	Mille Visages	Hervé Vachée	26 25.68' N	34 14.12' W	1686.6	6.3	259
5	Laiterie St Malo	Clément Surtel	27 29.92' N	34 04.72' W	1714.6	9	261
6	Adecco Etoile Horizon	Bob Escoffier	27 03.84' N	24 33.28' W	2196.5	6.4	233
ABD	Apic A3S	Christophe Huchet
ABD	République Dominicaine	Yannick Bestaven
ABD	Défi Vendéen	J. F. Durand
Class 3 monos
1	Storagetek	Regis Guillemot	28 04.20' N	36 49.56' W	1580.1	10.3	249
2	Passion Entreprendre	Jérôme Thiriez	29 06.92' N	30 11.96' W	1939.6	6	244
3	Grain de Soleil	Etienne Svilarich	31 39.40' N	27 09.80' W	2136.9	7.8	202
ABD	Hellomoto	Conrad Humphreys
ABD	Fantasy-Forest	Alain Grinda
Class 2 multis
1	Crepes Whaou!	F. Y. Escofier	21 51.72' N	49 17.64' W	826.2	12.9	240
2	Yachting-casino.com	Anne Cazeneuve	23 14.70' N	42 18.24' W	1205	11	221
3	Vaincre la mucoviscidose	Hervé Cleris	24 08.58' N	37 16.38' W	1485.4	9	267
4	Archipel Guadeloupe	Claude Thelier	23 08.70' N	36 39.30' W	1504.2	11.5	208
5	Lehning-Lapeyre-Blanchet-Gourbeyre	P.Y. Guennec	27 52.04' N	30 20.24' W	1912.6	4.4	227
ABD	E-Sat Tri Sélectif	Pascal Quintin
ABD	Groupe France Epargne	Patrick Morvan
ABD	Chaleur Fioul Elan	Didier Levillain