Geronimo Day 30
The Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric trimaran crossed the Jules Verne Trophy start line at 23:17 GMT on 25 February, so the position fix taken at 23:16:56 GMT on Thursday 25 March marked the first month (minus 4 seconds) at sea for Olivier de Kersauson and his crew.
This 30th day at sea, logically referred to on our spreadsheets as “Day 29″ because electronic counters begin at zero, rather than at 1 as we humans are prone to do, was decidedly one of round numbers.
In fact, the trimaran covered 480 nautical miles point-to-point in the 24 hours, at an average speed of exactly 20 knots.
Reporting a position of 53°09S, 149°29E, Geronimo ended Thursday having taken a slight diversion to the north in order to skirt around a windless pocket shown up by the weather maps. There is every reason to suppose that she will resume her infernal east-southeasterly route as quickly as possible.
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