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They are following in Magellan’s footsteps and will try to beat the record for sailing around the world from east to west, facing the prevailing winds and currents. Brut boarded Romain Pilliard and Alex Pella’s trimaran before their departure.
Brut is a partner in Romain Pilliard and Alex Pella’s round-the-world sailing record attempt. They will try to sail around the world, against the prevailing winds and currents, and to beat a record that dates back to 2004. “Passing Cape Horn, from east to west, is very difficult, we don’t do it every day, there are big storms coming from the west, so we are facing these storms. And then there will be other pitfalls, and the most important thing is that the boat will hold up and be as reliable as possible.“, explains Romain Pilliard. This trip around the world from east to west was carried out, for the first time, 500 years ago, by Magellan.
This world tour is also a scientific experiment. On board, the two sailors will take a microphone on board to listen to the oceans of the world. “We can detect species, several tens of kilometers apart from the boat, so that we very much hope to have results in that direction, and above all, it will be the first world sound mapping.“, develops Romain Pilliard.
Their racing trimaran is not recent: launched in 2003 for Ellen MacArthur’s round the world race, she was then abandoned. Romain Pilliard has thus decided to give it a second life, by recovering equipment and without touching the structure of the boat.