Both boats are east of the South Island of New Zealand, and…
Both boats are east of the South Island of New Zealand, and appear to be taking the northern option across the Pacific. They’re within radar/AIS site of each other (less than 11 NM in the latest tracker update), though that’s with IDEC (still trailing by a skosh) having an additional 2 hours to make up from their earlier start.
IDEC mentions coming within 2 miles of Spindrift 2 at one point (maybe when their tracks crossed back when both boats gybed toward the north?), but apparently they never actually saw each other due to the misty conditions.
The low southeast of them that they’re shooting for at the moment is reportedly moving pretty fast; it’s not clear they’re going to be able to hook into it.
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Tags: spindrift 2, jules verne trophy, idec.
