Ocean Records - Route du Thé - Hongkong HKG-London GBR - Day 23, IDEC still trailing in the calms

Bad news for Francis Joyon FRA and his Maxi-Trimaran 'IDEC' as the Doldrums proved to be a real obstacle this year. Back in the Northern Hemisphere, the multihull is still trailing in calms at speeds around 7kn. No wonder, that the advance on the record is vanishing, and with only 25kn left this morning UTC, the successful record attempt is more and more in doubt. ----- The race tracker and the news.