Roman Paszke terminates multihull westabout record attempt

Roman Paszke gives up his westabout circumnavigation record attempt:

"Today I made the decision to stop circumnavigation of the world in the wind.
The long wait for the opportunity to go around Cape Horn and the Drake Strait on the Pacific proved to be beyond my strength.
Constant changes in weather and harsh conditions in the area proved to be insurmountable.
The conditions that are expected tonight and the next day is another obstacle and a threat to the boat and me.
Therefore, the following adverse weather forecasts in the area, I decided to terminate the lone circumnavigation catamaran circumnavigation attempt.

Roman Paszke"         

Roman Paszke starts westabout circumnavigation attempt

After repairs have been carried out to the failed rudder on Roman Paszke's catamaran Gemini 3 he has restarted on his westabout circumnavigation attempt.

28 ° 7'9 .48 "N, 15 ° 24'46 .08" W source: news

from the start: 0 H | distance traveled: 0 nm

December 27, 2012 at 4:06:27 p.m. year (UTC) Roman Paszke catamaran Gemini 3 launched cruise around the world, alone non - stop, by the wind.

read more at http://paszke360.com/

The tracker for the attempt is here

Roman Paszke's westabout circumnavigation attempt (Paszke360)

Polish sailor Roman Paszke is attempting to do a westabout navigation of the globe in record time on his 27 metre Marstrom ocean racing catamaran.  It's been a rocky road for him with gear breakages ending the first attempt and more problems on the more recent attempt with his rudder.  The site is in Polish but google translate seems to work well enough to give you a good idea whats happening.

http://paszke360.com/