Would not you love to be on that boat right now? I would love it. What is next? A larger trimaran with foils? Although the latest is not an officially ratified one, it does reveal the full extent of the feat they are accomplishing in this Jules Verne Trophy. After Leeuwin two days ago, the record to Tasmania was grabbed during the night. After slowing due to rougher seas, Joyon and his men have stepped up the pace again sailing more than miles a day, with average speeds above 35 knots.
Source : www. Their straight trajectory on the port tack is now turning slightly towards the south. They are still sailing in powerful winds, but these have come around to the north and are on the beam. Speeds remain high at more than 32 knots on the direct route VMG. This pace should allow Joyon and his men to pass under Tasmania in the next 24 hours and enter the Pacific. At more than 53 degrees S, they need to watch out for ice, but fortunately there are clear skies offering good visibility, which they have not had since crossing the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope.
They are set to see their names enter the record books for the passage off Tasmania tomorrow and the International date Line, probably on Friday, before looking ahead and dreaming of the Horn. The Indian Ocean record between the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Leeuwin: The reference time between Cape Agulhas marking the entrance into the Indian Ocean and Cape Leeuwin has just been smashed with a time of 4 days, 9 hours and 37 minutes, which is one day, 1 hour and 46 minutes ahead of the reference time set by Francis Joyon and his men in 5 days, 11 hours and 23 minutes and one day, 12 hours and 31 minutes ahead of the title-holder Banque Populaire V 6 days and 8 minutes.
The Indian Ocean was crossed at an incredible average speed of Joyon, Surtel, Audigane, Pella, Gahinet and Stamm have sailed seven whole days at more than miles a day with peaks from 28 th to 31 st December respectively of , and miles, meaning an average speed of more than 36 knots. Diving down into the Forties they hopped onto the front of a low on which they are still sailing a long way off Cape Leeuwin.
There have been supersonic speeds throughout this crossing and all carried out on a straight line, shattering all the records today. The record time between Cape Agulhas marking the entrance into the Indian Ocean and Cape Leeuwin already belonged to Francis Joyon and his men after their performance last year with a time of 5 days 11 hours and 23 minutes. That time is completely annihilated after this historic week, as it has been taken to 4 days, 9 hours and 37 minutes.
