Francis Joyon is on the point of completing his attempt at the Mauritius Route record between Port Louis (Brittany) and Port Louis (Mauritius), for which he set off sailing solo on 18th October.
The skipper of the IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran is currently speeding due north twoards Mauritius, which is just 190 miles ahead. He is expected to cross the finishing line tomorrow morning at around 0700hrs local time or 0200hrs UTC after twenty days of sailing. In so doing, he will have improved on the reference time he set in November 2009 by more than six days.
More news tomorrow morning…
