Yannick Bestaven / Maître CoQ IV Just after taking in a reef and reducing sail, Yannick Bestaven was able to answer our questions about his passage of Cape Horn which is forecast to be this Saturday afternoon. It is most likely he will pass the rock well offshore.....
"I've just put in the third reef and have the J3. The sea is beginning to get rough and I've had a few small nose dives. I need to slow down. I'm at the heart of it here! There's no hurry: I'm only 180 miles from Cape Horn and I need to ease off a little. The wind should be back in a few more hours... I've been going very fast lately because I've seen that the faster you are, the less time you spend in the battle! And I don't want to stay in it too long. I wanted to stay ahead of the front and only get caught in the storm for a few hours.
