Fedor crossed longitude 62W - half way point of the Antarctica Cup Racetrack at 1400 UTC 13 March 08 and is now heading for Albany. By this time maxi yacht “Trading Network Alye Parusa” sailed 7.800 n. miles which means total distance for Fedor in Antarctica Cup Race Track 2008  will be above 15.000 n. miles.

Sat phone session with Fedor Konyukhov:

"Here we are – sailing in the rough Southern Atlantic. After a very nasty farewell from Pacific we had few hours only to catch our breath before we got severe gale welcome from Southern Atlantic. At the moment we have 45 + knots with gusts up to 55".

12 March 13:45 GMT Open 85 yacht “Trading Network Alye Parusa” sailed south of Cape Horn and entered the South Atlantic Ocean.

12 of March, 08-00 Perth Time, message from Fedor: 

“The storm came sudden and very hard on us, I was hoping that it will gradually build up, but around six hours ago wind picked up in one of the gust and not dropping below 50 knots with gusts 65 knots”.

Today a sat session between Russian Polar Station “Novolazarevskaya” in Antarctica and Russian yacht “Trading Network Alye Parusa” sailing Antarctica Cup Race Track was arranged.  Fedor Konyukhov received a phone call from Vice-Premier Minister of Russian – Mr. Sergey Ivanov who is currently visiting Antarctica with the mission to check polar stations for winter season and also testing GLONASS satellite position system (A Russian version of GPS).

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