Matriculation

Now into the Atlantic Jean-Luc van den Heede discusses his distance to finish

Day 94. Position at 1300: 28°55'S / 9°55'E
Wind: 22 knots from SSE. Moderate sea.
Temperatures: day 23°C / night 15°C / sea 20°C
Distance covered in the last 24 hours: 288 miles.
To the finishing line 5,923 miles.
Lead over Monnet: 26 days and 12 hours.

Hi there,

I can't make the slightest little mistake without a whole bunch of clever clogs following me noticing it! In fact, the distance to the finish was out by 1000 miles yesterday.

To answer their questions, here's how I calculate it, for obviously I can't go as the crow flies. I assume I will go via point A: 21°N/28°W and B: 41°N/26°W, which were on Philippe Monnet's route. My route can be divided into three stretches: from the Cape of Good Hope to point A: 4,270 miles, from point A to point B: 1,204 miles and from point B to the finish: 997 miles.

Obviously, the former maths teacher must have been tired after missing his rest day on Saturday to have added 1,000 miles yesterday! Everyone can make a mistake, even the greatest, as the AFP agency said I would be arriving in April... I'm sure a lot of people corrected it themselves, as I should be arriving in March!

The weather is still extraordinary, and my first flying fish landed on the deck, which is proof that the trade winds are really there. We're going a little bit too fast at the moment, but when the wind eases off, I'll be dragging a fishing line for sea bream behind Adrien!

See you tomorrow,

JL VDH

A day with the cuddly toy from the CIF Group, stowed on board Adrien by Idée d'image.