The Southern Ocean challenge is the biggest there is in offshore sailing, and riding the waves in 30 knots wind at the aft, with the world’s top sailors is just the best.

In about 200nm, we will leave the ice exclusion zone behind and we’ll be able to sail straight to Cape Horn

“Get ready for a really tough end of the race, the wind will pick up non stop. After Cape Horn we’ll have 40 knots heading upwind, and then 35 to 40 reaching,” says Iker.

The fleet is sailing together again, and together we’ll reach the new wind. The first to get to Cape Horn is going to have a good leverage on the others. Sailing to Itajaí is going to be tight.

We are sailing towards the ice limit and here it doesn’t snow, it hails, so you can do two sports in one. We sail and ski, for when the hail stones gather it gets really slippery and walking on deck gets dangerous.

We were on deck and it was I who was closest to the water. Xabi grabbed my jacket and helped me get out of this terrible situation.