A reference for the meteorologists, the inescapable stop for those who cross the Atlantic Ocean, the Azores have been a real headache for Alessandro for about ten days.
His road from the Cape Horn until the passage of the Equator took place as well as could be expected, with the caprices of the weather conditions.
From this latitude, he  has sailed from an anticyclone to another anticyclone. Such a  bad adventure!. Sometimes backwards, when the current is stronger than the wind. The anger to be imposed a furthermore torture after 254 days at sea.
 Fortunately, there are his friends  the dolphins, who regularly come to pay him a  visit and warn him about a possible danger. Blocked by the wind, he writes, maybe his next book on this fabulous adventure, or the preparation of his next journey, certainly another exploit, another record. Where will the extreme stop for Alessandro? A simple love story between him and the sea, that he takes up as time goes by.
By now he is about 100 miles North of the Islands of Flores. He has just had a west wind. He hopes he will have these two successive depressions long enough that will lead him at the entrance of the Bay of Biscay. As for the food it is not a problem, there is the sea to provide him with some food after a quick dive: fillet of sea bream prepared in the olive oil, it’s delicious , he told me.
When will he arrive at Les Sables d'Olonne? Many people ask me the question, 1300 miles to pull  edges, with a rigging decreased in half, on a mini 6m50? The main thing is that we will all be there to welcome him and celebrate with him this tremendous human exploit, after almost 9 months at sea without stopping and without assistance.

CLERC Jean Jacques

ISAF/World Sailing Speed Record Council ( WSSRC)
Membre des Sports Nautiques Sablais