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Bostik still faster towards Wellington

Tuesday February 26th 2008 News RSS

Bostik is sailing by 50-54 degrees latitude South according to the Southern depression, in a 20 to 45-knot breeze, at the longitude of Cape Leeuwin i.e. about a week from Wellington (New Zealand), end of this first leg of the round-the-world Reconnaissance Tour of the SolOceans. Charles Caudrelier and Liz Wardley discover their Veolia Oceans® one-design day after day and do not stop improving their performances. The new records are: 430 nautical miles in 24 hours at 18 knots on average and 26.7 knots the highest instantaneous speed "under autopilot and only using 80 to 85% of Bostik’s potential" underlined Charles Caudrelier, satisfied with his 16-metre (52.5 feet) boat in this hostiles conditions. "In crew and with the will to beat records in mind, we could get close to 500 nautical miles in 24 hours."

Roaring Forties atmosphere - February 26th, 2008 The Veolia Oceans® one-design was specially designed to sail in the strong breeze and in the hostile sea conditions of the Great South.
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Charles Caudrelier is celebrating his 34th birthday at more than 1,000 nautical miles from the first inhabited land, Australia, in the desert of the Indian Ocean. "We are in the zone where nobody can come and help us if we have a problem. It’s an additional stress. When you look at the map it’s scary. As what matters is not to have any failure in this zone, we don’t push Bostik, we don’t sail her as hard as we would in a race."

"The best day in terms of sailing conditions was 30 to 35-knot leading winds with gusts at 45 knots and a 7/8-metre swell. We manage to find the right trimmings in order for the autopilot not to push too hard on the boat and as the boat is very stable at high speed, Liz and I, we stay inside. Outside the seawater is at 6-8° C and it’s 4°C. As the deck is always swept by the waves, we do appreciate that the autopilot (NKE) is very reliable."

Bostik should reach Wellington, the capital of New Zealand at the very beginning of next week. However, those last days of sailing are the trickiest for Charles Caudrelier and Liz Wardley. Bostik is in the most favourable zone to encounter icebergs. "We’d like to see some, as everybody says it’s beautiful", explained Charles Caudrelier. "But it’s really dangerous and it really scares me. Doesn’t matter if we don’t see any…"



NB - The average speed found on the map on the www.soloceans.com website is calculated in comparison with a virtual direct course. The real daily average, i.e. the average speed over a 24-hour period in comparison with the course really sailed by Bostik, is as a consequence higher.

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