Sundays are like Sundays with François Gabart at the helm. He set off alone to beat the round-the-world record and has just crossed the equator 2000m ahead of the others. More than ever in racing, the sailor has to fight against himself to cover the last 3,000 M while maintaining a 5-day lead over the sailor of the year 2017.
He will have experienced an exceptional climb back up the South Atlantic since he set the best absolute time on the Cape Horn-Equator section, both crewed and solo, with 06 days 22 hours and 15 minutes, improving on the reference time previously held by the crew of Banque Populaire V on the 2011-2012 Jules Verne Trophy by 7 days 4 hours and 27 minutes.
Last Sunday already, François Gabart had set the record for the Pacific crossing after only 29 days 03 hours and 15 minutes.
Read again the interview that François Gabart had given to Bateaux.com a few days before his departure : it's a great challenge, I want to know what I can do .
The final objective of this round-the-world trip is to beat the solo round-the-world record of Thomas Coville (49 days 3 hours 4 minutes and 28 seconds). For this, it will take François Gabart sail up the Atlantic in less than 20 days to arrive in Ushant before December 23rd.
