Since his return to land two weeks ago, after his first attempt to set off on his solo round the world in reverse, the skipper of the trimaran Actual has been going through the weather files in search of the right moment to set off. With the boat now repaired (NDRL: Yves le Blévec had broken his mainsail trolley), everything is ready for the sailor's big voyage and a weather window is appearing this Friday 24th November for a day start.
It should leave the port of Trinité-sur-Mer this Friday 24 November 2017 in the early afternoon for a line-crossing (located in the extension of the tip of the Quiberon peninsula) 2 to 3 hours later, before nightfall.
" Decision-making accelerated yesterday. The window isn't perfect, but it's important to leave quickly. The weather forecast for the coming days is once again uncertain. We've been on a very changeable pattern for weeks: it's going, it's not going... If we push back again, we risk finding ourselves in hypothetical situations again with a high pressure system which is reforming off the Bay of Biscay" explains Yves le Blévec.
Pit-stop in La Trinité-sur-Mer
To occupy his free time for 16 days now, the skipper of the black and red trimaran has been doing some DIY on his multihull and taking care of him, as he explains in detail "There's always something to do on the boat, nothing fundamental, but there are little extras... I've also taken care of myself: I've done some sport, I've rested. I'm in great shape! Apart from the discomfort of constantly being in a situation where you have to make decisions about whether or not to start, and having to take it on, everything is fine! "
For the start of his round the world voyage in the opposite direction, the sailor should benefit from a 15 to 20 knot NW'ly downwind breeze, enabling him to glide quickly towards Cape Finisterre and then the Madeira archipelago. " Then it's a bit more complicated, we're going to have to sail along a depression to the east of it, so I'm going to go through a close phase... that will allow me to get up to speed!... Before a soft zone on the Cape Verde Islands."
"It's going to be a long and complicated journey, we don't need an ideal window to leave. The important thing now is to get going." concludes Yves le Blévec.
