At the beginning of the twenty-ninth day of navigation, Maserati Multi 70 is located off Cap Blanc in Mauritania.
At the beginning of the twenty-ninth day of navigation, Maserati Multi 70 is located off Cap Blanc in Mauritania.
Last night, Maserati Multi 70 tacked and headed towards the coastline, before tacking again just 30 miles off Dakar. Always upwind, the route followed this morning (335° i.e NNW) is more favorable than the NW route followed yesterday afternoon because it’s more directly towards North.
Finally trade winds for Maserati Multi 70, skipper Giovanni Soldini and his crew (Guido Broggi, Sébastien Audigane, Oliver Herrera Perez and Alex Pella). After struggling for two days to pass through a tropical depression, this night just before dawn, the trimaran entered the range of north eastern trade winds, meaning constant winds. It’s the beginning of a long starboard tack that will allow the Maserati Multi 70 to head north maintaining good speeds.
The twenty-sixth day of navigation begins about 40 miles off Guinea for Maserati Multi 70, still struggling with the very light winds of the tropical depression which is slowing down its progression towards North. Reached this morning, Giovanni Soldini explains
“We get in and out squalls and no wind zones, from 30 knots storms to dead calms”, Giovanni Soldini tells the difficult sailing conditions the crew had to deal with yesterday, typical of the doldrums.
Day 24. Less than 150 miles off the coastline of Liberia, Maserati Multi 70 slowed down this morning after recording another day with around 500 nautical miles travelled.
Maserati Multi 70 is back in the northern hemisphere after crossing the Equator at longitude 5°W today at 10.28 UTC after 21 days, 13 hours and 15 minutes. It’s an important moment for the skipper Giovanni Soldini and the other four crew members (Guido Broggi, Sébastien Audigane, Oliver Herrera Perez and Alex Pella) as Soldini explains:
After a brief slowdown this morning at dawn, Maserati Multi 70 is back again at full speed on its route towards the West African coast at more than 28 knots of speed in a South wind blowing between 14 and 17 knots.
Maserati Multi 70 is sailing off the coast of Angola and continues its route towards North following an original option to cross the Equator (about 800 miles away) and enter the North Atlantic.
