Still heading south

Roman Paszke's crew on Bank BPH down to 47degS now

Position at 08.00GMT: 47deg 38.247S 008deg 12.503E
COG/SOG: 115deg/14 knots
TWD/TWS: 220deg/21-25 knots
Pressure: 1016mb
Waveheight: <2 meters
24 hour ru: 276nm
Distance from start: 6798nm

Roman Paszke's team on board the Volvo Ocean 60 Bank BPH continue to head southeast in the Southern Ocean as they approach the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope. As they are looking for stronger winds they course is considerably further south than the multihulls that have passed through these waters recently. At around this longitude for example Cheyenne was at 42degS rather than 47.5degS. While this will reduce the distance the Polish crew have to sail it will also increase the chances of them encountering ice.