Solo sailor record-seeker forced to make massive weather detour

7:32 AM Wed 23 Mar 2011 GMT

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

French solo sailor Thomas Coville onboard the mai trimaran Sodebo is attempting to break Francis Joyon's IDEC solo Round-the-World Record - the Jules Verne Trophy record. However, having set off to tackle the record some 52 days ago and been dogged by contrary weather, the skipper of Sodebo is having to face yet another meteorological barrier on his journey back to Europe. Due to the 'anticyclonic swamp' sprawling across the North Atlantic, Thomas Coville is being forced to make a massive detour via the West. Since crossing the equator last Sunday, the sailor has been focusing on his speed rather ...

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by Kate Jennings translation/Sail-World