No near misses. Coville in the Trimaran Sodeb’O must have gone through the Vendée leaders in the night. His last reported position - 42°27S 16°30E - is on a latitude a little south of Gitana Eighty (Loïc Peyron) and Britair (Armel le Cleac’h) but north of Seb Josse (BT) and his little group. However, Coville [...]
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2008, Thomas Coville said goodbye to friends and family, and chatted cheerfully with the Press, before slinging one small bag onto Sodeb’O and hopping aboard as nonchalantly as though he were doing a weekend club race in dinghies.
On Friday 21Nov he was in the latitudes of the Canaries and had averaged [...]
by Mike K-H
On 15th July, the 32 metre trimaran Sodeb’O passed the Lizard with Thomas Coville aboard and awake. He had taken 5 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes and 20 seconds from the time he left New York. He has soundly beaten fellow Breton Francis Joyon’s 2005 record of 6 days, 4 hours, 1 minute [...]
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