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Finished - but still sailing!22nd March 2010
“We’ve got 600 nm to go, but we’ve finished!! The finish line was to be crossed from the west to the east at a longitude of 115°08 E. That is the line due south of Cape Leeuwin. In pockets of cold fog and bright sunshine, we crossed the line at 04:10:48 GMT on the 22nd March” reported Mark Covell on board the A100 Trimaran Majan.
It has taken the crew 11 days, 18 hours, 48 seconds to sail from Cape Town, South Africa to the longitude of the third landmark of the race, Cape Leeuwin at the Southwestern tip of Australia.
“The experience of 70+ knots in the resulting storm is now something that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. We took that breeze all the way - mostly east-south-east, down to 44º6 S” he added.
Majan and her crew are now heading north to reach Fremantle, some 500 nautical miles in front of their bows, for their third stopover.
