Maxi Trimaran Spindrift 2 on standby for record attempt on the Discovery Route Cadiz to San Salvador

From the following press release on the Spindrift Racing website:

http://www.spindrift-racing.com/2013/10/route-of-discovery-spindrift-2-on-standby-in-portimao/

The maxi trimaran Spindrift 2 has arrived in Portimao, southern Portugal, where Dona Bertarelli, Yann Guichard and their crew of 12 will begin a standby, waiting for an “auspicious” weather window to attempt to beat the Route of Discovery record between Cadiz and San Salvador in the Bahamas. With autumn advancing, the ideal trade wind conditions in the southern Azores are becoming rarer. Richard Silvani, the Météo France meteorologist and advisor for the greatest records, will increase the frequency of his exchanges with Guichard and Erwan Israel and analyse the forecasts to find the most positive parameters which will trigger the attempt. “We are ready for every window which can be found in the next few days,” Guichard says.

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Maxi Spindrift 2, photo courtesy John Cadwallader