Speed Again
Since midnight, Orange II found speed again! Her speed is stabilized at 20 knots. Cape in the South. VMG is good to the equator and the Doldrums.
Bruno Peyron’s maxi catamaran is this Sunday morning halfway between Cape Verde and the doldrums. Doldrums which are also more or less halfway between the giant and the equator.
Passing the Doldrums is always a delicate moment when crossing the Atlantic over its length. This time, the disturbed zone seems rather stuck to Africa.
The wind is regular, from east-north-east, of 10 knots approximately. On port side, Orange II can create an apparent wind which has enabled her to hold its current speeds… 396 miles for the last 24 hours, it goes up.
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