Fedor entered the 'Roaring Forties' on 30 January 08 and exited today having spent the last 95 days below latitude 40S. He performed solo non-stop sailing on his 86 foot boat unassisted, 95 days below 40S. A remarkable achievement.
As at 10:24 WST 04 May 08 Fedor has 500 nautical miles to the Finish Line in King George Sound - 'as the crow flies'. With variable lighter winds forecast this last 500 nm may be the most agonising of the past 99 days as the wind plays it's tricks to test Fedor's mental and physical endurance right to the last. In the meantime Antarctica Cup Ocean Race personnel in company with Fedor's shore crew are busy making arrangements for the conclusion of Fedor's epic and historic voyage around the Antarctica Cup Racetrack. International media crews have arrived in Albany with more expected waiting for Fedor to cross the Finish Line - maybe Wednesday 07 May but looking like Thursday 08 May at this stage. Albany is enjoying glorious autumn weather.
Report from Fedor: “It is getting warm out here. I really can feel it now. The air smells different. Still raining, but it is comfortable rain, not those bullets we had for the last 3 months. This morning I crossed 40 South and exit Roaring Forties. It is very emotional feeling, combination of joy and sadness. Will I ever sail these waters? I spent more then half a year sailing my boat from UK to Australia and then ACRT, I so much got used to this routine and frankly speaking I am scare to change it! It is all so predictable here in the ocean, my boat become essential part of it and soon I will have to put her on anchor. This is hard to believe. All my thoughts now – how I will approach Albany, what time, who will meet me, what the weather will be there? All thoughts about finish. Fedor”.
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