Spirit of Mystery & Vendee updates

It was in the 1996 Vendee singlehanded fround the world race that Pete Goss turned back in atrocious weather to the rescue of fellow competitor Raphael Dinelli, thereby costing him any chance of race victory. Pete and the boys have just been passed close to by several competitors in the current Vendee Challenge. The chart above has the current approximate postition of the Spirit of Mystery marked in red, with the Vendee competitors strung out ahead. One of these has juust completed a 390 mile run in 24 hours, with some of the boats touching 35 knots plus.