A weekend of difficult conditions left Sharp fearing a tense finish in Guadeloupe after closest rival, Frenchman Gildas Morvan reduced his lead to just 58 miles.
But as predicted the low pressure has disappeared and the light winds have arrived leaving Sharp and Morvan doing speeds of between one and four knots.
Sharp said: ‘I wasn’t too happy with Morvan’s progress over the weekend, if he had continued at that pace he would have passed me.
‘I sailed quite hard yesterday to increase my lead and now we’re facing the same conditions something would need to go badly wrong for me not to win the race.’ Although in light winds and with slow speeds Sharp’s GPS system can sometimes tell him it may take him five days to finish the race, or sometimes two weeks, Sharp knows that with only 300 miles left he will arrive in Pointe a Pitre on Thursday.
A confident and relaxed Sharp now has the time to catch up on his sleep and is looking forward to finishing the Trans-Atlantic race and seeing his dad waiting for him in the harbour.
Sharp said: ‘I’ve never been to the Caribbean before so I think I should at least stay for a couple of weeks after the length of time it’s taken me to get here.’ So with only two days remaining of a tremendous journey of over 3000 miles, Sharp appears on course for a famous victory – and international fame.
