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Charlie Dalin, skipper of MACIF Santé Prévoyance, who is the leader of the Vendée Globe crossed the equator back into the Northern Hemisphere this Sunday afternoon at 1438 hours UTC. His elapsed time since the start is 56 days, 2 hours, 36 minutes and 23 seconds.

His time between Cape Horn and the equator is therefore 12 days, 15 hours, 1 minute and 33 seconds and so he only just misses the best ever time from the Horn to the Equator which was set by Germany’s Boris Herrmann, (Malizia Seaexplorer), on his climb back up the Atlantic in the 2020-2021 race at 11 days and 18 hours. Dalin has led at various key stages, Cape of Good Hope (November 29), Cape Leeuwin (December 9), Point Nemo (December 20) and now, today, the Equator.

In terms of the constant head-to-head match with Yoann Richomme (PAPREC Arkea), Dalin has led at these key stages but Richomme led across Cape Horn by 9 minutes and 31 seconds back on 23rd December.

More than 7,700 miles (14,200 km) separates the leader Charlie Dalin, (MACIF Santé Prévoyance), from the 35th placed Denis Van Weynbergh, (D'Ieteren Group). Dalin was 123 miles ahead of Richomme when he crossed back into his ‘home’ hemisphere.

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