Because of a small shift to the SW Michel Desjoyeaux and his crew on FONCIA have made two gybes over the course of an hour to move up to Spindrift’s course. At the same time so too Sébastien Josse and his team on Groupe Edmond de Rothschild have also taken the chance to get more north too, following more directly in the leader’s track, anticipating a small veering shift to the SWW when the fleet reach a ridge off the Azores high.