JV Jumble II–Doldrum Dangers: Half a world away, in the tropical Atlantic, it ain’t lookin’ good for either Orange II or Geronimo. Bruno Peyron is now taking his wounded cat to southern Cape Verde island of St. Vincent after Fogo turned out to be too rough to inspect and attempt a repair on the cracked S-drive fairing. His chances of getting back into this thing, unfortunately, seem to be about, umm, zero. Time to pull the plug, Bruno…

Well to the south of Orange II, Olivier De K and Geronimo are starting to lose the trades. Worse, the windless Doldrums zone is looking large and intimidating. Geronimo is still slightly behind Orange II’s pace, and if she doesn’t find a reasonably fast route across the Equator she’s going to be hurting. We’ll know how she did compared to Cheyenne in about two days….



“What beautiful sailing, Olivier. To bad we’re going…so…damn…slow.”