05.04.2004
The Geronimo trimaran newsletter n° 48
Jules Verne Trophy
Geronimo - Anywhere but here...
The Cap Gemini and Schneider Electric trimaran is now tacking towards the Drake Strait trying to keep as far south as possible before taking the great leap northwards. In temperatures just above freezing, she is sailing close-hauled at very nearly 60°South. "Tacking to reach the Horn ..., it's like a bad dream. It's no good, there's no sense to it. It's no longer competition. It'll all end in us taking another beating, under three reefs and the storm jib. The reality is that being anywhere is better than being on Geronimo today!", said Olivier de Kersauson this morning.
The wind is forecast to back southerly, then south-westerly from tomorrow evening or Wednesday morning, enabling Geronimo to race north as fast as possible. Today's objective was simply to avoid being "thrown" north before this change in the wind direction.
Geronimo's latest news are on http://www.trimaran-geronimo.com
Positions - DAY 39
GERONIMO
58°44S - 93°23E
385 nautical miles covered in 24 hours at an average speed of 16.05 knots
Distance from Cape Horn: 855 nautical miles
2002 Record
56°04S - 114°24E
603 nautical miles covered in 24 hours at an average speed of 25.16 knots
Distance from Cape Horn: 1,549 nautical miles
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