Friday 8 November 2013

Sodebo team examine recent weather window but remain on standby

From the following article (in French) on sodebo.fr/voile
 
 
and the rough bing translate below:
 
This is three weeks as the skipper of the maxi-trimaran SODEBO and its routing cell * analyze weather files waiting for a weather window that is conducive to the start of this new record attempt around the world solo and multihull. If Tuesday, routes suggested a small window for this Thursday, it quickly closed.

For the first time since October 18, date of commencement of stand-by for the record of the round the world single-handed, the lights went green, the space of a few hours. Indeed, routes allow to consider Tuesday morning from favorable conditions for a start Thursday, but this little window is closed as of Wednesday morning. Explanations of Jean-Luc Nélias, the maxi-trimaran Sodebo router: "models offered us interesting routes departing from Ushant on 7 November in the evening with a fairly direct route and a single jibe to take us to the equator in 168 hours (7 days). However, we were still pretty far from the ideal scenario because it is a start of night, in rough seas of 4 metres about which does not facilitate manoeuvres start in solitary configuration. Wednesday morning, the European model definitely closing the window with winds again South-West binding advance to the beating between Ushant and Cape Finisterre and thus torpedoing the average speed towards the equator. »

So, it's a new week of stand-by, which begins for the skipper of the maxi-trimaran. If nothing is looming for the weekend, routing cell especially monitors files that relate to the beginning of next week. « Today, there not exploitable window in the next 4 days. We observe however a change of pace from November 12 with the displacement of high pressure in the Northeast but nothing is less sure, things are moving very quickly. " " added Jean-Luc Nélias.

A holder of the Route de la Découverte router!

Sodebo routing cell is again complete with the return of Thierry Douillard who took advantage of the absence of weather window for the maxi-trimaran Sodebo, to embark aboard the maxi Spindrift 2, new owner of record of the Route de la Découverte - Cadiz / San El Salvador - in 6 days and 14 hours. " I congratulate the team of Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard. It is a beautiful project and a great success for this first record attempt. In this period of deferral of race and waiting, it feels good. ' Finds Thomas Coville.

* Routing cell consists of Jean-Luc Nélias, Thierry Douillard, and Thierry Briend in collaboration with Richard Silvani's weather France.
 

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