Franco-Brit Sam Goodchild, skipper of MACIF Santé Prevoyance, missed IMOCA podium by 11 minutes at the end of challenging Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe.
Having started as favourite to win the IMOCA class, fourth place into Guadeloupe this morning concluded what proved to be a very challenging Route du Rhum – Destination Gudeloupe, suffering too many technical problems to be able to operate at close to maximum potential.
And even then, racing with no J2, a port foil which stopped working last Sunday and having had to sail for a couple of days with a reefed main before he could repair a detatched tack cringle.
He still pulled back more than 50 miles to finish only 11 minutes behind Elodie Bonafous (Association Petits Princes – Quéguiner) who he shared the pontoon this morning.