It’s nervous time for the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. Spindrift…
It’s nervous time for the Jules Verne Trophy attempt. Spindrift 2 (tan triangle) and IDEC (red triangle) are stuck in a zone of high pressure/light winds (the blue areas on the map), fighting their way south to where they hope to hook into stronger wind (yellow and orange).
Their courses over the last day have been zigzaggy as they gybe back and forth for VMG. Meanwhile, the ghost of Banque Populaire V’s 2011/2012 record circumnavigation (blue triangle) is heading straight for Cape Horn, and has pulled ahead. But BPV has some light going of their own coming up later, as you can see from their projected course going all wonky a few days from now. If S2 and IDEC can get through this light stuff without losing too much distance, they might regain the lead (and their chance at the record) then.
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Tags: spindrift 2, jules verne trophy, banque populaire v, idec.
