Brian Thompson* is a crew member aboard the Maxi Trimiran Banque Populaire V, which is attempting to break the ‘fully crewed’ Jules Verne record. **Â
Tuesday 1 February evening updateÂ
The train has finally pulled out of the station, after we have been waiting around on the platform for three days!
We are now feeling the effects of a small low pressure and For the first time since the equator we have have wind of over 20 knots and we are making the most of it, sitting at a steady 30plus knots of speed in relatively flqat seas. The sky is now cloudy, and it is starting to cool down outside as we rocket down through the 30s in latitude … More