Weekend Update I–Geronimo Goin’ Good: Olivier De Kersauson and his 110-foot trimaran are now into the Indian Ocean. They crossed the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope 17 days, 22 hours, 58 minutes after their start. Here’s a measure of how close they are to Cheyenne’s pace: they got to the Cape of Storms just 31 minutes faster than Fossett and his boys (and girl). And that’s after 8,000 miles of sailing! Now we’ll see whether they can match Cheyenne’s fast Indian Ocean crossing, and Cape Leeuwin record…

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