Geronimo Projections
The position reported by Geronimo at 23:17 GMT on Tuesday 27 April (01:17 Wednesday, French time), Day 62 of her circumnavigation, put her 645 nautical miles from the Jules Verne Trophy finish line, between the Créac’h light (on the French island of Ushant) and the Lizard light (in Cornwall, England).
On her equivalent day (3 May 2002), the catamaran Orange was 959 nautical miles from this same virtual line, which was originally fixed in 1993 by the initiators of the Jules Verne Trophy.
The Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric trimaran was therefore 314 nautical miles ahead of Bruno Peyron’s crew, which is equivalent to 21 hours’ sailing at an average of 15 knots.
All of which suggests that Geronimo will arrive off Ushant during the daylight hours of Thursday (Day 63) and will very probably beat the French catamaran to the line.
Nevertheless, she will not match the record for sailing crewed around the world via the 3 capes set by the catamaran Cheyenne on 5 April this year.
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