Los primeros se preparan para doblar el mítico Cabo de Hornos en la noche del 23 al 24 de diciembre, una entrega que servirá de regalo de Navidad tras unas semanas difíciles. Sus perseguidores, por su parte, esperan evitar por los pelos una depresión tropical, pero no un mar agitado y picado. Más lejos aún, los demás siguen luchando por cerrar las brechas, que se ensanchan y luego se estrechan a medida que cambian los sistemas meteorológicos.
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Two days after snatching second from Sébastien Simon (Groupe Dubreuil) Yoann Richomme, skipper of PAPREC ARKÉA is hard on the heels of Charlie Dalin (MACIF Santé Prévoyance). At just less than 18 miles behind Dalin, who has led since December 2nd, Richomme is consistently quicker.
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Today, Tuesday 10 December, at 8 hours, 23 minutes and 48 seconds, the ‘Maxicat Victoria’ arrived in San Salvador, Bahamas. They have beaten the record by completing it in 9 days, 17 hours, 41 minutes and 41 seconds. Congratulations to Alex Pella and the whole team!
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It is only a few weeks since the book “Magallanes frente a Elcano” (El Juicio de la Historia) ‘Magellan versus Elcano (The Trial of History)’ was published. The book, published by the Asociación Cultural y Científica Iberoamericana, recounts the most important maritime feat carried out by mankind, the first circumnavigation of the Earth, and is the result of five years of research by the author, Mr. Sabino Laucirica.
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The “Maxicat Victoria” is still moored at the Real Club Náutico de Gran Canaria, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, waiting for a good starting window for the second leg of the Discovery Route, the one between La Gomera and San Salvador, in the Bahamas. Alex Pella tells us about the weather situation in a video (in spanish).
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