{"id":50285,"date":"2026-06-03T09:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/normandy-race.com\/?p=50285"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T07:52:18","slug":"news-from-onboard-hirsch-centrakor-mikael-mergui-et-benoit-hantzperg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/normandy-race.com\/en\/news-from-onboard-hirsch-centrakor-mikael-mergui-et-benoit-hantzperg\/","title":{"rendered":"News from onboard  Hirsch &#8211; Centrakor : Mika\u00ebl Mergui et Benoit Hantzperg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><em><strong>Hirsch &#8211; Centrakor : Mika\u00ebl Mergui et Benoit Hantzperg<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hello, land,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re in the home stretch before the end of this race.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">We\u2019re torn between the urge to reach the finish line \u2013 as we\u2019re starting to feel tired and are dreaming of a nice hot shower and a good meal \u2013 and the realisation that it\u2019s all almost over\u2026 Since Zeiss lost her mast, we\u2019ve been on our own; the intensity has dropped considerably. We were a bit too slow to change spinnakers last night, and the strong current is throwing our electronic data off quite a bit. We\u2019re hoping to make up some of our lost ground; we\u2019re going to give it our all on this final close-hauled run, where the wind is set to freshen up, in the hope of arriving by the end of the day.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hirsch &#8211; Centrakor : Mika\u00ebl Mergui et Benoit Hantzperg Hello, land, We\u2019re in the home stretch before the end of this race. 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