Trophée Jules Verne - Day 37

Another unfavorable day for the two circumnavigation record challenger Maxi-Trimarans as they had no chance to keep the pace of the record holder 'Banque Populaire' and lost time/miles on the target. Today, 'Spindrift' will reach the Equator and the innertropical convergence zone, the Doldrums, as first, and there may be a little chance to reduce the lag of now 584 miles. 'IDEC' is already 982 miles behind the record. During 36 hours, Francis Joyon FRA and his team trailed in a lull patch of the South Atlantic as the video documents.