Jules Verne Trophy: GIII Out of the Doldrums

Yesterday they were 400 nm behind, now they are 277. Right gps reading passing the Equator. Photo14/03/2010 – © Team Groupama
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2010/03/15-07h40 Out of the Doldrums Jules Verne Trophy 2009 – 2010 The Doldrums is already in the wake of Groupama 3: Franck Cammas and his men have reached the Azores High and are racking up the miles along its southern edge… The speeds will further increase over the coming hours prior to the next obstacle: a ridge of high pressure scheduled for Tuesday.

Groupama 3 has escaped the equatorial `marshland’ unscathed. Indeed the Doldrums proved to be just a formality as the giant trimaran was only slowed by a few hours last night. Now into the tradewinds of the northern hemisphere, Franck Cammas and his men are heading due North to round the Azores High and are thus quickly making up their deficit in relation to the reference time. Orange 2 suffered two slow days in 2005 and the separation between them has considerably diminished since daybreak. Next on the agenda is to get past a ridge of high pressure with lighter winds before hooking onto an Atlantic low…