Charlie Dalin / APIVIA on the French LIVE! this afternoon
It is always symbolic going into the Southern Hemisphere and we are going to spend the next couple of months here in the Southern Hemisphere before heading back up in January. That puts into perspective the work that is left to do!
It is my 4th doldrums passage from North to South and in my experience, it is the the easiest we have had. It lasted less than 36 hours and only had a few squall to deal with.
It brings back shared memories from last year on the TJV (he says speaking with Yann Eliés), it is an area that reminds you of nice things on the TJV.
This Doldrums were relatively easy and the boat just never stopped. It was really quite easy to negotiate, it could have been a lot worse
We are doing well now and I would say that yesterday and today have been the hottest days of the trip so far and that as of tomorrow they will drop. The sea is not flat, but it is not too uncomfortable.
To sleep, I have put away my mattress and now have my beanbag again. I have my little humidifying fan, let me show you!
There are a few useful things to have on the trip! The autopilot really, without it it would be hard to do the VG. The weather too, that would not be too easy. To have energy on board you need the pilot, the desalinators. I am going to try the water from the Southern Ocean for the first time now on this trip and look forward after to trying the Indian one!