First day of sailing with good weather conditions, the crew’s mood is very high.
After a tack towards Vietnam to take advantage of the wind’s acceleration near the coast, Maserati Multi70 is back at port tack going South.
30 hours after the start, Giovanni Soldini explains from aboard the weather conditions that the trimaran will encounter in the next days.
“The ships and fishing boats’ traffic is always very intense, in a few hours we should gybe again to get more Ovest. The wind gets faster near Vietnam’s coasts but there are high risks for the navigation over there. We will have to compromise and try to keep a fair distance from the coast in order to avoid the majority of the local shipping boats.”
“Tomorrow the wind should be stable around 15/20 knots turning more East, parallel to the coast, then at the end of the day it should get slower. We are expecting a high pressure bubble at 5° North and 107° East for the 21st, that passage will be crucial in order to understand when and how we will reach the Sunda Strait. The 21st and the 22nd will be difficult days. We will have to enjoy this nice wind pushing us fast towards South for now!”
“Tonight we will have a nice dinner with lentils and pig’s trotter, non very equatorial but effective.”
