“Right Way” Joyon Update–Another Day, Another Ocean: Francis Joyon has now passed south of the Cape of Good Hope, at South Africa’s southern tip. This is the first of the Great Capes Joyon will leave to port in his non-stop tour of the globe. That means he is now in the Indian Ocean, and his next milestone will be Cape Leeuwin, on Australia’s southwest corner. So far, Joyon and his 90-foot trimaran IDEC are putting up an astounding, incredible run, sailing from the English Channel to Good Hope in just 19 Days 20.5 Hours. That is the third fastest time EVER recorded for this passage, which means that Joyon–alone–is sailing faster than all but two of the fully crewed multihulls (which carry up to 13 sailors) that have competed for the round-the-world record over the past decade. Holy Merde! And as for the singlehanders–zut!–he is more than a week ahead of Michel Desjoyeaux’s Vendee Globe time. Joyon now has the Southern Ocean to contend with–which means storms, storms and more storms–and there are many, many miles to go before he is safely home to France. But if Joyon can stay lucky with the weather and keep IDEC from flipping or falling apart, he is on his way to a truly unbelievable performance…..



“Uh-Oh. Now the scary part begins……..”