Charles Caudrelier widened the gap during the night from Thursday to Friday on the Arkéa Ultim Challenge and is preparing to reach the cold zone.
The 49-year-old French navigator should cross the Cape of Good Hope this Friday morning, before passing the Cape of Agulhas and, therefore, entering the Indian Ocean.
At 8:15 a.m. this Friday, the Maxi Edmond de Rothschild was just 200 miles from the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope, anticipating its crossing at the end of the morning.
At a low latitude of 43°S, the boat avoids the perilous zone at the edge of the continent, takes advantage of weather systems from west to east, and reduces the distance to be covered.
The circumnavigation of the Arkéa Ultime Challenge – Brest imposes an Antarctic exclusion zone, which Charles Caudrelier, leader, successfully circumvents, sailing 70 miles from this ban.
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