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15.12.0915th December

posted by Harry McGougan

15th Dec
The last few days has seen us power reaching across the Atlantic underneath a large depression that cam off the US last Thursday. it has »

25/11/09: Javier Sanso - TJV Arrival

21.11.07LESS THAN ONE HOUR TO THE FINISH

ECOVER 3 IS MAKING 18 KNOTS, LESS THAN 20 MILES TO THE FINISH

20.11.07RUNNING FOR THE LINE

ECOVER 3 DUE TO FINISH TONIGHT

20.11.07THE FINAL DAY

FINISH LINE BECKONS

19.11.07ON THE CONVEYOR BELT TONIGHT

With less than 540 miles to the finish line of the Transat Jacques Vabre race in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, for ECOVER 3 it has been a day of steady consolidation.

19.11.07FRUSTRATION

Can ECOVER put the squeeze on Le Cam?

18.11.07COUNTING DOWN THE MILES

WILL THERE BE A COMPRESSION?

18.11.07ON THE RUNWAY

COUNT DOWN TO THE FINISH

17.11.07OUT OF THE WOODS ?

It is two weeks this afternoon since they left Le Havre and after something of a mental mauling in the Doldrums the Transat Jacques Vabre IMOCA Open 60’s struggle to free themselves entirely into the trade winds. None of the leaders seem prepared to admit they are free of this notorious zone of capricious, fickle winds.

17.11.07HEADING FOR THE EQUATOR

Variable conditions onboard ECOVER 3 last night as the race for the finish begins