“Right Way” Joyon Update–Into The South: Francis Joyon is kicking ass, as he attempts to break the solo, non-stop round-the-world (RTW) record in his trimaran IDEC. Today he will cross the Equator, going from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere in just 9 days. That’s faster than IDEC–then Sport Elec–did it in 1997, when she sailed with a full crew and set the outright RTW record. It’s also 4 days quicker than Michel Desjoyeaux when he set the current non-stop solo record of 93 days (in a monohull) in 2001. Joyon now has to work his way around the South Atlantic High, a big bubble of light air that parks in the middle of the South Atlantic, before getting down into the Roaring Forties and the Southern Ocean. That’s where this record attempt is going to get really hairy……



“This is a piece of cake. Hmmm, that reminds me. I wonder where I stowed the croissant……”