Friday, January 16, 2026 – See you in Brest on January 22?
The eight sailors of The Famous Project CIC have been sailing upright since 8:53 p.m. yesterday evening. They crossed the equator on their 48th day at sea and are now sailing in the northern hemisphere.
Ahead of them lie the last 3,000 miles of their incredible journey, a full week of tortuous sailing between the Azores high and the North Atlantic depressions.
Alexia Barrier, Dee Caffari, Annemieke Bes, Rebecca Gmür Hornell, Deborah Blair, Molly LaPointe, Támara Echegoyen, and Stacey Jackson have begun their final sprint, which could see them reach Ouessant and then Brest on Thursday, January 22.
The girls can legitimately congratulate themselves on their fast and efficient sailing in the South Atlantic. Having passed Cape Horn in the middle of the afternoon on January 6, it took them only 9 days, 5 hours, and 38 minutes to reach the equator, one of the best performances ever on this route.
As we have seen since their departure from Brest, the eight sailors of the highly international crew at the helm of IDEC SPORT have continued to improve their mastery of the maxi multihull. They have been able to adapt to the inevitable damage that has slowed their progress, from the capricious hook on the mainsail to their delaminated starboard foil.
Positioned far to the west, close to the coast of Brazil, their trajectory should allow them to cross the Doldrums, which proved so troublesome on the way out, in a minimum amount of time. This will be followed by a long reaching leg, crossing the east-northeast wind generated by an Azores high, which for the moment is living up to its name. The smoothness and efficiency of their route to the Bay of Biscay, France, Ushant, and the port of Brest depends on its shift to the south.
Excerpt from an article by The Famous Project CIC
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