A high-pressure bubble continues to hold back the giant catamaran as she claws her way toward the Southern Ocean.

Ellen commenting this morning, “We haven’t had much luck on the weather front so far on this Jules Verne, we are not that far behind Peyron’s record, just a few hundred miles and anything can still happen. We’ve got 20,000 miles to go, that’s the equivalent of eight transatlantics.”

Kingfisher2 is running two days behind de Kersauson’s time onboard Geromino, and is still behind the current record. However, with three-quarters of the trip left to run and the hope of favourable winds in Southern Ocean, the attempt yet stands a fair chance at beating Geromino.