From the following article on bymnews.com
As Sidney Gavignet,
Oman Air-Musandam’s French skipper and Damian Foxall, his co skipper from
Ireland, reach the Doldrums and the halfway mark of this epic 5,450nm race after
just six days at sea; they face some big decisions.
Sitting just 70nm
behind the other MOD70, Edmond de Rothschild, the pair is dedicated to
maintaining boat speed and making up the distance. They are taking turns on the
helm to keep the boat ‘flying’ as Sidney describes: “We don’t have capsize
concerns at the moment, nor much adrenaline, the current conditions mean we are
completely engaged in the pursuit of speed, we need to keep the boat flying at
all times and to keep the centre hull out of the water to reduce drag and
increase speed. It takes a lot of concentration,” he described via an email sent
overnight.
When we spoke to
Damian Foxall at dawn, the boat speed was high at 25 knots in 20-25 knots of
wind and the pair had 200nm to go until the Doldrums.
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