Respectively 5th and 6th in the 9AM Friday rankings, Jean Le Cam (SynerCiel) and Mike Golding (Gamesa) crossed the Equator last night. The French skipper passed back into the northern hemisphere at 19h00’22’’ UTC (20h00’22’’French time) on Thursday night after 75 days, 6 hours and 58 minutes of race (against 66 days, 1 hour and 39 minutes for François Gabart).
As for the British sailor, he crossed the Equator at 0h14’26’’ UTC (1h14’26’’ French time) on Friday morning, 75d12h12’26’’ after leaving Les Sables d’Olonne on november 10.
