Sodebo racking up the miles

3:45 PM Tue 8 Mar 2011 GMT

'Sodebo leaves Brest on the start of the Round the World solo record' Yvan Zedda/Sodebo

'It?s incredible. I?m rounding the Horn with you. I?m with Neutrogena (Editor?s note: one of the monohulls from the Barcelona World Race) which is just 50 metres from me! It?s the first time I?ve passed so close to the Horn. I?m 200 metres away'. It is exactly 1124 GMT, early morning at Cape Horn, as Thomas Coville announces mid audio link-up that he?s passing the longitude of Cape Horn live. Just a few hours ago, the solo sailor was tackling a storm; a real squall with 6 to 8 metre waves and wind gusting to 50 knots: 'At times like ...

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by Kate Jennings