Álex Pella searches the 'Idec Sport' record for the World Tour sailing record

The ocean sailor Álex Pella, has set sail aboard the "IDEC Sport”In search of making history, seeking to break the record in sailing around the World. The time to beat by this navigator who has the support of the Marina and Tourist Port of Dénia, is 45 days, 13 hours, 42 minutes and 13 seconds. A brand established in the 2012 by Loick Peyron, aboard the “Banque Populaire V".

La tripulación del «IDEC Sport» está compuesta por Bernard Stamm (Suiza), Gwénolé Gabinet (Francia), Clément Surtel (Francia) y Boris Hermann (Alemania). Un equipo reducido a seis personas, frente a las catorce que llevó Peyron. Pella aseguró antes de zarpar que, “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 tiene claro que el reto no es nada sencillo y por ello subrayó que, «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".