Anyone doing the Vendee Globe?

Originally posted by radixon I have moved up 35k places overnight. What is daft is Craigo is off my Starboard bow and is near 100k in position, others are way off west and also in the 200k positions.Now if the leaders are hugging the coast and in first place, there is nothing saying their is an amarda to the south of them.

Its not me, I think your confusing me with boltonsailing!

Im currently South of Cape Verde and in 237,000th ish approx. 12hrs behind Jharvey(Sparks23) and Dougal13.

I think I have spotted a quick way through the Doldrums but the damage caused by the container of shoddy far east goods has held me back. The gel-coat is now going off and hopefully I'll have the hull faired and back up to speed shortly!!!!

I was planning on Africa as well, and the Sailing instructions do seem to suggest that http://www.virtualregatta.com/news.php?id_news=1609&langue=EN

We should all be crossing the Equator over the weekend, apparently we have to have a drink & make an offering to Neptune - as the real race is french they mostly seem to be drinking champagne

You were right first time, assuming you are looking from the South Pole.


Edited by craiggo - 21 Nov 12 at 11:34pm

Looks like the wind has filled in for you guys further east, so the advantage I thought I had being more West has just disappeared. Will be tricky for all of us to head east after the doldrums as there seems to be south easterlies for quite a few days.