This Friday, January 19, at 13:32:22 UTC, ARKÉA ULTIM CHALLENGE-Brest leader Charles Caudrelier and the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild crossed the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope.
The skipper of Gitana Team completed the 8,399-mile descent of the Atlantic in 12 days 1 hour 2 minutes and 22 seconds, which equates to an average speed of 28.85 knots in elapsed time.
Charles Caudrelier was a little slower on this southwards section of the round the world passage than record holder François Gabart, who achieved a time of 11 days 20 hours and 10 minutes in November 2017.
When Caudrelier has also cleared Cape Agulhas, located 80 miles further east he will enter the the Indian Ocean. The Gitana team’s maxi trimaran is still making daily averages of more than 800 miles, and this could last at least as far as the Kerguelen Islands. Recent routings suggest that the route will be fast to Australia.
