Through the weekend Challenger continued to make good time as she flies to the south east with the distant shores of Cape Town in her sights.
As we start off the week, the discussion turns to picking the next waypoint. The path we want to stick to falls along the orange line shown in the image above, stepping down the eddies that span the South Atlantic in a pattern very close to the pattern of 1˚ to the South, 3˚ to the East.
Copernicus Averaged Currents July 20, 2015
Looking to the Copernicus forecasted currents, we will have another few days or so of the currents pushing to the North until we will start to find the currents Challenger will be able to ride off to the east as she snakes through the eddies.
Force Wind Sea & Honor