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Bostik at the end of the week in Wellington - New Zealand

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Here in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand but also the capital of the Roaring Forties on the 41° South Latitude, everything is going under way between SailingOne’s team, Bostik’s New Zealand team, the City of Wellington and the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club to welcome Bostik, the first Veolia Oceans® one-design. And it’s going to be a very warm welcome from New Zealand! Charles Caudrelier and Liz Wardley are getting closer to the end of this first leg of the round-the-world Reconnaissance Tour of the SolOceans, most probably on Thursday in the late afternoon, after a strong slowdown during the last week-end due to mild weather conditions for the season at the South-East of New Zealand. As always at the end of such a navigation in the Indian Ocean, it is going to be a relief to dismount but also a satisfaction for Charles to have accomplished a beautiful job while it was his first navigation in those hostile oceans and for Liz Wardley to be back in this part of the world where her roots are.

By day on board Bostik - December 11th, 2007 By day on board Bostik.
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Photo Jean-Marie Liot - SailingOne

Charles Caudrelier is enjoying this last part along the New Zealander’s coast: "There is a massive gap between sailing at around sixteen-seventeen knots on average and sailing at five-six knots like now. But it’s good too. We can take some rest and relax. It’s less noisy in the boat and it’s good to have a summery weather. For the past two-three days we’ve been sailing downwind. We’ve mended the spi. We made a tear, a big one even! It’s good to see it back working, we go faster and well, we do our best to adapt. When you have such conditions, you can take the liberty to change your sail at the very last moment as you know you won’t get a strong gust of wind and a strong gale which was the case a few days ago in the South latitude."

On her side, Liz Wardley, who feels like "going home" explained: "We're getting pretty close to the finished. But, it's not finished yet so we're going to keep looking at the new weather to try to get the best sail of the boat, until we get there and profit for the last two days at sea. It's been a long trip and it's been pretty cool. It's going to be quite different hitting then so we need to focus a little bit for the last two days at sea."

Bostik should reach Wellington on Thursday in the afternoon (minus 12 hours French Time). Without any rest, the Veolia Oceans® one-design will get back to work for three days of sailing in the amazing Bay of Wellington with journalists and Australian and New Zealander sailors as well as Bostik’s guests. During the week-end, the following step will be discussed taking into account the last weather studies and information concerning the ice phenomenon in the South Pacific, between New Zealand and Cape Horn. The decision to carry on the second leg of the Reconnaissance Tour of the SolOceans will be taken taking into account all those information, decisive for the security of the crew and the one-design.

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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