The ocean sailor Álex Pella, has set sail aboard the "IDEC Sport"Seeking to make history, seeking to break the record in the Volvo Ocean Race. The time to beat this navigator who supported the Marina and Resort Marina de Denia, it is 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 13 seconds. A brand established in the 2012 by Loick Peyron, aboard the "Banque Populaire V".
The crew of "IDEC Sport"It is composed of Bernard Stamm (Switzerland), Gwénolé Gabinet (France), Clément Surtel (France) and Boris Hermann (Germany). A team reduced to six people, against the fourteen that led Peyron. Pella said before setting sail that, "let the same crew, we have lightened the ship about 300 kilos and have a little more sail area. It has been more difficult to lighten the ship because it is in the final curve of evolution, so we have reduced parts, less clothing, less food is where it has been able to take weight. We all left over the previous record attempt we've taken the ship".
The beginning of this adventure has been slower than in the previous attempt, they have since started sailing with winds of 24 knots. He "router"Land, Marcel Van Triest, it was clear that the speed would increase when you will cross the Bay of Biscay and reach the tradewinds of Portugal and the Canary Islands without problems.
Pella is clear that the challenge is not simple and therefore stressed that, "it is very difficult to beat the current record, our boat is smaller in length and power than the "Banque Populaire V" The navigator added that, "the record can be achieved if we reach the Cape of Good Hope before eleven days. From there we have to string together the maximum of squalls to Cape Horn. And the final key will be the rise of the Atlantic".
