Orange II suffers crack - stopping in Cape Verdes for repairs
Tuesday 2 March 2004 - 1710 GMT - 1250 nm S/SW of Fremantle, W Australia: A storming Tuesday 1/2 day run (292 miles over the past 12 hours) has placed Steve Fossett and his team aboard the 125' maxi-catamaran Cheyenne not only over 1300 miles (3+ days) ahead of the 2002 RTW track of Bruno Peyron's Orange I, but also in a position to target the 2003 Ushant - Cape Leeuwin record of Geronimo (26 days 5 hrs) as well as the 2001 Cape of Good Hope - Cape Leeuwin record set by Loick Peyron aboard Innovation Explorer (later Orange I and then even later Kingfisher 2) during 'The Race' of 7 days 14 hours.
To break Innovation Explorer's record, they will need to average over 24 kts for the next 26 hours. So far the wind is cooperating. George Caras of Commanders Weather explains...
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