Sodebo rounds Cape of Good Hope

11:50 PM Tue 15 Feb 2011 GMT

'Sodebo - start of solo circumnavigation record attempt. Photo: Yvan Zedda/Sodebo'

Sodebo, skippered by Thomas Coville, is attempting to break the Jules Verne Trophy* 'solo' record currently held by Francis Joyen on IDEC.** Powering through driving rain and 32 knots of SW?ly wind, Sodebo rounded the Cape of Good Hope this Tuesday at 1702 GMT after 17 days, 5 hours, 54 minutes and 32 seconds at sea. Thomas covered the 8,405 miles at an average speed of 20.31 knots and has now broken through into the Indian Ocean, a nasty, dreaded, liquid desert. Having been forced to the West of the Saint Helena High, the deficit of 9 hours and 27 ...

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