Ahead of the Jules Verne Trophy record, Thomas Coville and his crew will complete their world tour in terrible weather conditions.
“We are approaching the home stretch, a very big winter depression is going to hit us and it is not going to be easy”warned the skipper of the Sodebo Ultim trimaran, Thomas Coville, on Thursday, embarked on the absolute crewed round-the-world record. At the 11 a.m. clock, the maxi-trimaran had just passed the latitude of the Canary Islands, more than 700 miles ahead of the reference track established by Francis Joyon in 2017, after 37 days at sea. But the seven men on board were heading into a storm of rare violence, never seen by this boat since its launch in 2019, which will require them from Friday to navigate with extreme caution.
“It will pick us up off the coast of the Azores and accompany us to the Bay of Biscay, with violent winds of 40 to 50 knots (92 km/h) in gusts and above all very heavy seas, more than 10 meters of swell”underlined in an audio message sent from the board the 57-year-old sailor, about to complete his 10th world tour. “Finishing this Jules Verne Trophy is not going to be the easiest. Everything will depend on how we manage to manage this pitfall. We could be in Brest from Saturday night to Sunday.”he added.
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To capture the Jules Verne Trophy (40 days 23 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds), Coville and his men must be back on the line off Ouessant before Sunday January 25 at 8:31 minutes and 35 seconds.
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