Gitana Eighty has lost 11.4 miles to Seb Josse (BT), 17 miles behind he was still making two knots faster as the 1000hrs GMT poll arrived and speeds of those chasing and to his east have so far remained stable. To the west Mike Golding has just experienced a spell of lighter winds and hard work to keep the speeds up. Some skippers admit that they prefer to be a bit further back, although not too far, of course, in order to observe before making their move. The weather situation in the southern Atlantic,is complicated and confused. At the end of November, the zone of high pressure has settled in for the duration and is likely to force the leaders to adopt a route taking them away from the shortest course. Positions on Tuesday 25th November
1. Gitana Eighty (Loick Peyron) 20,263 DTF
2. BT (Sebastien Josse) 13 miles from the leader
3. Brit Air (Armel Le Cleac'h) 43.7 miles
4. Paprec Virbac (Jean-Pierre Dick) 45.7 miles
5. PRB (Vincent Riou) 52.1 miles