Organisers of the Tour Voile have announced that the race from St. Nazaire to St Denis d'Oleron has been cancelled due to a lack of wind

Organisers of the Tour Voile have announced that the race from St. Nazaire to St Denis d’Oleron has been cancelled due to a lack of wind. At 0800 local time today the leading boat was still fourty miles away from the finish and the sea was flat calm and the air was still.

The fleet of 38 Mumm 30s are now motoring to Oleron and should arrive at about 1500 local time today.

Provisional overall results:

1. Virbac- Saint-Raphaël -Générali / Jean-Pierre Dick 910,75 points

2. Nantes-St-Nazaire-Bouygues Télécom / Mathieu Richard 877,5

3. Ville d’Antibes Juan Les Pins / Marc Audineau 876,25

4. Région Ile de France / Jimmy Pahun 847,75

5. Ville de Genève Carrefour prévention / Etienne David 837

6. Marseille – TBS / Alain Fédensieu 826,75

7. Sun Microsystems Team New Zealand Racing Crew / Hamish Pepper 826,25

8. COYCH HYEROIS / Henri Fabien 825

9. Thales – Vinci – ESTP -ENSAM / Pierre Dalibot 804,5

10. British Universities Sailing Team / Simon Shaw 784,5

11. Dieppe Défi Industriel pour Arpeije / Gildas Philippe 782

12. St-James-Ports Manche / Pierre Alexis Ponsot 779

13. CSC Peat Marwick – ESSEC – Hervé Gautier 772

14. Ville de Theoule et Mandelieu / Sylvain Chtounder 748

15. Baume & Mercier Entra’cte Cassis/ Bernard Mallaret 735