Coville Within 200 Miles of Record

Frenchman Thomas Coville and his 105-ft maxi trimaran Sodeb’O are less than 200 miles from breaking fellow countryman Francis Joyon’s singlehanded West-East transatlantic record. Coville has a lead of 192 miles against Joyon’s track from 2005, when he set the record of 6 days, 4 hours and one minute aboard his first IDEC shortly before losing her to the Brittany Coast. Although Coville is projected to break the record, it could be a closer margin than it appears right now, as his average speed has dropped to right around 17-knots and he’s in a zone of strengthening high-pressure. Stayed tuned at www.sodebo-voile.com/accueil.html.