Loïck Peyron summed up the situation over the radio this morning: “I'm two miles away from Santa Maria in Gran Canaria. The weather's lovely and the island looks stunning. I feel in excellent form and as far as my rivals behind me are concerned, I know I'm in the best possible position. The boat hasn't suffered too much from last week's really tough conditions. I've some slight weather vane problems that are forcing me to gybe a lot, but apart from that everything's perfect. At the moment, I'm going through a little wind corridor where there's more wind than expected. For the time being, the idea is to round the Azores anticyclone, which is extending to the right, via the west-north-west. It's going to take plenty of manoeuvring not to get too close to it. For the days to come, the weather looks quite promising and Gitana Eighty will be sailing gennaker up. The end of the race will take place close hauled. I'm keeping a very close eye on my two nearest pursuers, but for the moment, things seem to be working out very nicely.”

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