Charlie Dalin (Apivia) therefore crossed the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope in the lead under conditions specific to the Roaring Forties. The southwesterly winds increased a little not compared to yesterday with 35-40 knots (ie Force 8 Beaufort) and gusts of over 50-55 knots. The state of the sea continues to deteriorate with waves of 6 to 7 meters for the passage of the Cape of Good Hope, maintained by the winds associated with this depression which accompanies the passage of the Cape. At the rear, Thomas Rettant (LinkedOut) and a little further south Louis Burton (Bureau Vallée 2) remain just behind the front. From this area of strongest wind, but this remains relative with an average wind of 25 to 30 knots and identical sea conditions which have nothing to envy Charlie Dalin.
The isobaric situation forecast for today illustrates the context of the passage of the Cape of Good Hope. Depression D6 continues its course to the east and enters the Indian Ocean, slowly filling up. Depression D7, deeper and a little further south, follows a parallel trajectory but on 55 ° South. In the medium term, D7 catches up with D6 in the Indian Ocean. The visual on the isobaric situation forecast for Wednesday allows us to understand this sequence.
The major development in the Cape of Good Hope for the other competitors is developing around the A6 high pressure cell and the D8 depression which will fill up by plunging to the south-southeast. We should not miss the boat because a beautiful high pressure ridge will cover the south of the Cape of Good Hope from Thursday. Conditions opposite to those of the competitors encountered today.
The wind vein that accompanies the passage of the Cape is clear but a notch below the winds in the perimeter of D7, with 40-45 knots of average wind.
With such strong winds, the sea state continues to deteriorate with waves of 6 to 7 meters at the longitude of the Cape of Good Hope.
On the routings, Charlie Dalin (Apivia) complies with the announcements that we are having with a passage by 20 ° East longitude from this Tuesday morning, around 8 am local time. The next step is therefore to come and collect the Kerguelen Islands within four days. The meteorological context remains tumultuous over the Indian Ocean.
The trajectory, as we can observe on the routing, will bring our competitors to tangent the ZEA – exclusion zone – in a context of strong winds. Indeed, the isobaric situation is organized until Friday around the kinematics of depression D7 south of the Kerguelen Islands and its evolution.
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