No Love for Coville in the Atlantic

(December 10, 2016; Day 33, 22:08 UTC) – The Atlantic Ocean has not given Thomas Coville (FRA) and his 31m maxi trimaran Sodebo Ultim’ a warm welcome in his attempt to break the solo round the world record. Coville is nearing the latitude of Buenos Aires, with fickle winds along the Argentinian coast contributing to a meager 24 hour run of 352.9 nm, decreasing his margin to 1692.19 nm (-118.87 nm) ahead of the current record pace of 57d 13h 34m 6s set by Francis Joyon (FRA) on the 29.8m trimaran IDEC in January 2008.

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Background: Thomas Coville (FRA) and the 31m maxi trimaran SODEBO ULTIM started the attempt to break the solo round the world record from in Brest (France) on November 6. The current record of 57d 13h 34m 6s, which starts and finishes between the island of Ushant and Lizard Point in southern England, was set by Francis Joyon (FRA) on the 29.8m trimaran IDEC in January 2008. To break the record, Coville must finish by January 3 at 4:23:57 am (French time).

Source: Team Sodebo