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Wind!
13:07 p.m. EST Mar 2, 2004
Jean Luc is back on track:
"The NE trade winds are powerful to the same extent as those in the south were weak. I would have liked the opposite, as with a wind coming from behind I need more wind than with a beating wind.
But I shouldn’t complain too much, as in 5 days, I’ve gained back one and a half days over Philippe Monnet! The forecasts are very encouraging and I think I may well reach the finish sometime between Wednesday 10th March (28 days ahead at 8 a.m.) and Friday 12th March (26 days ahead at 8 a.m.).
It seems astonishing to me that I can say that I’ll be finishing next week. The notion of time, when you are at sea, made it feel like it could have lasted months and months more...I’d got into a routine and was used to doing certain things."
Jean Luc will have to get used to some fame and cheers instead. It looks that we have a new solo, non-stop around the world record coming up.
Onboard his Adrien, four time circumnavigator Jean Luc Van Den Heede is attempting to break the record for sailing around the world solo and non-stop the “wrong way” – from East to West, against prevailing winds. It his fourth try in five years. Jean Luc has successfully completed four single-handed round the world voyages. He has taken 2nd and 3rd place in the Vendée Globe as well as 2nd and 3rd in the BOC Challenge.
Image of Adrien's position (Jean-Luc red, Philippe Monnet blue) courtesy of vdh.fr
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