Fourth Sunday in the second edition of the race trans-Atlantic rowing, solo, nonstop or assistance.
Thousands of oars have to tear the continent, even sting a bit too far south of the road circle, the shortest to Cayenne (yellow on the map below) , because of strong winds and swell from the north, from the outset.
The fleet then passed further south than expected, the archipelago of Cape Verde . This Sunday, March 29 at 11:00 GMT, in mind, a Guyanese, Patrick Hoyau Kourou! (canoe in red on the map below) .
Sunday, March 29 at 11:00 GMT
Position 1: Patrick Hoyau on SDVI
06 ° 58.38 N - 30 ° 31.20 W
to 1 307.5 miles from the finish
Cap: 248 ° - Speed: 1.7 knots
Position 1: Patrick Hoyau on SDVI
06 ° 58.38 N - 30 ° 31.20 W
to 1 307.5 miles from the finish
Cap: 248 ° - Speed: 1.7 knots
See the press release here PC running Bouvet Rames Guyane .
Almost half the distance was covered in 3 weeks from the first. This firm tug and the sores are multiplying.
Each competitor is alone with himself, amid the vast ocean, pushed westward by the traction of its trains carried over the ocean and the winds blowing now regularly from east-northeast . The responsibilities involved in the competition on the shoulders of the rower. The 20 boats
face now the open sea, a sea that pushes competitors moving day and night. A radar detector can prevent, 24h 24, the approach of a vessel to leave the browser alone the task of negotiating the best passing maneuver.
Leading the fleet, the fight was close: Patrick Favre on Heritage Victoria has dominated the first three weeks of competition, leaving finally, last Thursday, the first place in Kourou, French Guiana, Patrick Hoyau on SDVI . A second
Guiana Charles Bergere Sinnamary, moved decisively on the lookout, 1 ° further north, in fourth place (08 ° 00.53 N - 29 ° 28.98 W, in red on the map below) .
There is about 5-6 weeks and hundreds of thousands of oars to address the Guyana Plateau, bordered by the Amazon and the Orinoco and the Atlantic Ocean.
Good management efforts, Food and mind will guarantee victory. Sound navigation and intelligent management of the winds and currents as well. The
paris are open: mattock, Bonnier, Favre, Bergere, Laine, have we, in this quintet of head, the trifecta in Cayenne (04 ° 56'05 "N - 52 ° 19'49" W)?
Each competitor is alone with himself, amid the vast ocean, pushed westward by the traction of its trains carried over the ocean and the winds blowing now regularly from east-northeast . The responsibilities involved in the competition on the shoulders of the rower. The 20 boats
face now the open sea, a sea that pushes competitors moving day and night. A radar detector can prevent, 24h 24, the approach of a vessel to leave the browser alone the task of negotiating the best passing maneuver.
Leading the fleet, the fight was close: Patrick Favre on Heritage Victoria has dominated the first three weeks of competition, leaving finally, last Thursday, the first place in Kourou, French Guiana, Patrick Hoyau on SDVI . A second
Guiana Charles Bergere Sinnamary, moved decisively on the lookout, 1 ° further north, in fourth place (08 ° 00.53 N - 29 ° 28.98 W, in red on the map below) .
There is about 5-6 weeks and hundreds of thousands of oars to address the Guyana Plateau, bordered by the Amazon and the Orinoco and the Atlantic Ocean.
Good management efforts, Food and mind will guarantee victory. Sound navigation and intelligent management of the winds and currents as well. The
paris are open: mattock, Bonnier, Favre, Bergere, Laine, have we, in this quintet of head, the trifecta in Cayenne (04 ° 56'05 "N - 52 ° 19'49" W)?
