Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Wind found again off Antigua!
After long hours of calm, the Ultim IDEC SPORT-CIC is back in more favourable conditions. Alexia Barrier is now making headway in around ten knots of wind, on a calm sea. Passing to windward of Antigua also gives the morning a more personal note: races sailed around the island, friendships made ashore and memories flooding back.
Picking up some speed:
The trimaran is now sailing at around 20 km/h. After struggling to keep the boat moving in almost no wind, the skipper is enjoying this new phase. In her message recorded before daybreak, she describes “really nice” sailing conditions: the sea is calm and the wind lets her progress more steadily towards Guadeloupe.
Antigua, an island full of memories:
Passing to windward of Antigua, Alexia is back near one of her favourite Caribbean islands, where she has started many races. Friendships built over the stopovers give this passage a special flavour. Seeing this familiar region again brings back “lots and lots of great memories”.
Guadeloupe as the next landfall:
A few hours earlier, the maxi-trimaran passed close to Barbuda. She is now continuing on her way, and in the skipper’s voice, the pleasure of sailing in better conditions mixes with that of finding these familiar islands again: “Next land will be Guadeloupe.”
Excerpt from The Famous Project logbook
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