Jonathan McKee (247- TEAM McLube) has worked his way in to first place once again and now leads the second leg of the Mini Transat by eight miles from Pierre Rolland (431- Extrado). Samuel Manuard (43- Tip Top Too it Grau of the Camargue King-Port) has also made a significant comeback and now holds third position ahead of Armel Tripon (151- Roty Mill).

The forecast over the next few hours is for the wind to increase to Force 2-4 from the south-east which should liven things up a bit after days spent floundering in no wind. McKee and Tripon are currently on a similar course while Rolland is furthest out to the west.

The Irish sailor Cian McCarthy, who’s been steadily working his way through the fleet, gobbled up another place last night and is currently lying in sixth place with his eyes firmly set on Alex Pella who’s just 21 miles ahead.

In the production boat fleet David Raison (440- Liquid Ray), who still holds a 40-mile lead over David Sineau (428- France Closings) is well out to the east.

Latest positions

1 247 Jonathan Mc Kee TEAM MC LUBE 1260.0 miles to the finish

2 347 Pierre Rolland EXTRADO proto 1267.9 miles to the finish

3 431 Samuel Manuard TIP TOP TOO – LE GRAU DU ROI PORT CAMARGUE proto 1288.4 miles to the finish

4 151 Armel Tripon MOULIN ROTY proto 1307.4 miles to the finish

5 240 Alex Pella AQUATEC – SANTIVERI – TEXKNIT proto 1317.6 miles to the finish

6 393 Cian Mc Carthy THE TOM CREAN proto 1338.3 miles to the finish

7 354 Bruno Garcia SALADINO proto 1340.2 miles to the finish

8 353 Willy Garcia CEYLAN DIAMANTES proto 1341.7 miles to the finish

9 312 Pascal Doin ASNQ proto 1343.3 miles to the finish

10 260 Richard Mérigeaux BON PIED BON OEIL proto 1345.6 miles to the finish

11 440 David Raison RAYON LIQUIDE serie 1352.8 miles to the finish

12 346 Sébastien Roubinet ADRENALINE proto 1360.6 miles to the finish

13 385 Jaume Mumbru PORT DE BARCELONA 1370.6 miles to the finish

14 139 François Cuinet REGLISSE proto 1372.7 miles to the finish

15 303 Enrico Podesta DIABOLO-SLAM proto 1373.4 miles to the finish

16 326 Ian Munslow ISHTAR proto 1379.7 miles to the finish

17 428 David Sineau FRANCE FERMETURES serie 1392.1 miles to the finish

18 269 Lionel Rubio de Teran GROUPE CIBF serie 1393.2 miles to the finish

19 245 Patrick Bot FINIST’MER ECOLE NAVALE serie 1397.8 miles to the finish

20 330 Jean-Pierre Balmes CECIM 1402.4 miles to the finish