Today we’ll reach the southern part of the ice exclusion zone, and there’ll be several calls to make. We’ll see what awaits us. Is it going to be a gybe party or will we deal with straight line sailing…?

Three days into this intense Atlantic crossing and we expect good winds to benefit us and take us to our destiny to the top of the podium.

The water temperature rose from 11 to 19 surprising degrees, and it’s much nicer. The cold doesn’t hurt anymore, and it’s easier to go through the night.

“MAPFRE’s goal is to sail really fast to the high pressure to connect with the European trade winds with a good leverage, expecting the bungee effect to benefit us”, says Jean Luc Nélias.