JV Update–Cat vs. Tri: Geronimo’s departure from Brest has been delayed slightly, and it now looks as if the big trimaran and Orange II will restart within hours of each other, sometime tonight or early tomorrow morning. Bruno Peyron is already getting hot and bothered about the prospect:

“We should encounter good conditions at the beginning, but we’ll probably be slowed down in two to three days by a high which is blocking our path off the Canary Islands. Afterwards, we’ll catch the Trades promptly, and they will propel us to the Equator. With Geronimo setting off as well, we’ll be in a race configuration. It will add tactics and strategy, and will be quite interesting. We had been expecting this trimaran — catamaran showdown for a long time. Undoubtedly, we’ll learn a few things from this confrontation rather quickly. It promises to be a real duel, and the whole crew is very motivated by this combat at the highest level of our sport. The battle will be a tough one psychologically.”

Bring it on…