Sodebo rounds the Horn - in good shape for a record

5:04 AM Wed 9 Mar 2011 GMT

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

Thomas Coville, earlier lagging behind in his attempt to be the fastest solo sailing adventurer around the world because of contrary wind and weather, is still in there with a chance. He has just rounded the Horn with great excitement and in good shape, and is now on target to achieve a new record. To explain, when heading into battle with the Pacific, Tom set himself the objective of having a deficit of less than 1,000 miles at Cape Horn before taking on the climb up the Atlantic in psychologically more comfortable conditions than he had four years ago, where ...

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by Kate Jennings/Sail-World Cruising