Sodebo
Printed From: Yachts and Yachting Online
Category: Multihulls
Forum Name: Maxi multihulls
Forum Discription: From MOCRA up to the round-the-world giants
URL: http://www.yachtsandyachting.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12600
Printed Date: 06 Aug 25 at 8:49pm
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Topic: Sodebo
Posted By: Rupert
Subject: Sodebo
Date Posted: 22 Dec 16 at 9:00am
Sodebo and Thomas Corvelle are nearly round the world in an extraordinarily quick time, well over 2500 miles ahead of where Joyon was at this point.
http://tour-du-monde.sodebo.com
Nothing really on Uk media. I know Y&Y online generally sits back and waits for people to send stuff, but surely some things are worth at least a chase to get some English language updates?
I didn't pick up on the attempt until he was round Cape Horn, but he must have scythed through the Vendee fleet like they were stopped, soon after the start?
With Francis Joyon now on a Jules Verne attempt too, plenty of mad people out there to cheer on
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 25 Dec 16 at 9:03pm
49 days to go round the world on your own... just astonishing. 8 days off the previous record, which itself was 2 weeks better than the one before it.
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 25 Dec 16 at 9:55pm
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better technology or lucky with wind and weather ?
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Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 25 Dec 16 at 10:31pm
Wind and weather better managed, but there must be luck involved, too. He missed the record by about 2 hours in 2014, so plenty of determination, too!
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Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686
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