HomeFigaroLa Solitaire du FigaroGood morning DC: Gale force winds and driving rain batter La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec fleet overni...

Good morning DC: Gale force winds and driving rain batter La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec fleet overnight

By Thomas Howson — La Solitaire du Figaro

Good Morning DC_02-06 1:11

Good morning DC: Gale force winds and driving rain batter La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec fleet overnight
Photo credit: La Solitaire du Figaro

La Solitaire du Figaro Paprec fleet copped a proper hammering through the night as gale force winds and heavy rain swept across the course. Conditions remained brutal as skippers battled through the dark hours, with the fleet facing some of the toughest weather of the campaign so far.


Originally published in French by La Solitaire du Figaro.

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