Sodebo into the Pacific

4:26 AM Sun 27 Feb 2011 GMT

'Sodebo leaves Brest on the start of the Round the World solo record - 29 January 2011' Yvan Zedda/Sodebo

Thomas Coville, onboard the maxi trimaran Sodebo departed on Saturday 29 January 2011, at 11h07'28' UTC on an attempt to beat Francis Joyon's (IDEC) 'solo' Jules Verne Trophy record. After 28 days at sea and now at the midway point in his race against the clock, Thomas Coville looks back at his descent of the Atlantic and his passage across the Indian Ocean. On entering the Pacific 'which is never as pacific as all that', the skipper of Sodebo is beginning the next section of his planetary voyage. At the midway point, the skipper confirms that physically he?s at the ...

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