Thierry Dubois and his teammates, dont Jacques Vermeulen experimenting its Iridium connection with its new MacBook Air, must not be laughing at the time I post this short post.
La Louise, conveying from Newfoundland to La Trinité, is being caught up in Hurricane Katia, ex-tropical cyclone, which is due to reach the coast of the British Isles next night. Based on last position and estimated speed, La Louise should be in the west of the weather area "Romeo", either in the southeast of the center of the Low, its intended position on the Navimail map below the location of the red boat at 18h UTC :
The road to La Louise caught up with Katia
We can see, at the pointer location (White Arrow), more than 100 nautical miles north of the vessel's estimated position, Details of the harshest conditions, of which a total sea of more than 9 meters and maximum waves of 18 meters high !
The boat has already run 15 hours with 50 knots of wind two days ago, without too much worry, but here, You have to have a strong heart and a damn good boat. Of which I do not doubt for a moment. Fortunately for them, depression moves to more than 30 knots and will soon be gone. The rest of the course should be a downwind ride. Enough to recover from their emotions.
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Visit : The website of La Louise
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