The final leg of the WOW Cap Istanbul came to a conclusion on Wednesday (13th October) in Istanbul. Jonny Malbon on board the Artemis Figaro was competing against 25 other solo Figarists on this 1,590-mile race from Hyères (France) that began on 19th September.

The final 110-mile leg started at the exit of the Dardanelles Strait on Tuesday (12th October) with 10 knots of breeze providing a good start for the 26 solo Figaro sailors. The boats closest to the shore seemed to have more favourable conditions - Jonny Malbon on the Artemis Figaro was in 21st place but only 1.1nm from the leader. By Wednesday morning (13th October), halfway into the 110-mile leg, Jonny moved into 8th place as wind conditions allowed him to set a course for the finish line. He jumped up the leaderboard ahead of his rivals who had been forced to sail more miles before the wind of change. By 13h49 Jonny was up to 5th, but in a closely packed fleet,  so the last miles were going to be the most testing.

Jonny hung on, only conceding two places in the final miles, reaching the finish line of the WOW Cap Istanbul race at 17h44 local time in 7th place - his best leg finish of the five-leg race.  The leg winner was François Gabart who crossed the finish line at 17:22:37 local time and this second leg win for the skipper of Macif 2010 was enough to secure his overall victory in the WOW Cap Istanbul race with a cumulative time of 10 days, 15 hours, 36 minutess and 18 secondss, against his closest rivals Erwan Tabarly, second overall, and Fabien Delahaye in third. Ultimately, Jonny was ranked 25th overall with a time of 12 days, 0 hours, 16 minutes and 43 seconds.  This race completes Jonny Malbon’s 2010 Figaro season.