'I won't crack under pressure' solo circumnavigator Coville

11:40 PM Mon 14 Feb 2011 GMT

'Sodeb?O' ? Fran?ois Van Malleghem / DPPI pour Sodeb'O ? Click Here to view large photo

'I won't crack under pressure. I'll do my best.' Words of a true sportsman from French sailor Thomas Coville, who is on his 17th day trying to solo circumnavigate the world and set a record doing so. So what's the pressure? Coville has been singularly unlucky with his weather, which has put him far behind the man he is trying to beat, fellow Frenchman Francis Joyon, who currently holds the record at under 58 days. It's true that the weather has finally come good for Coville as he approaches the Roaring Forties in his 105ft trimaran Sodeb'O, and he's averaging ...

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by Sail-World Cruising