As we predicted heading into the weekend, Challenger hit the ground (or eddy) running flying close to 40 km in a day as she began to ride the eddy to the south.
This eddy is a force to be reckoned with and so to try and make sure she doesn’t get swept to the center as we continue to make our way around, at the next surfacing the way point will be moved to the south west.
Taking a step back, we can see the road that lies ahead. The green line in the image above shows the path we aim to take over the coming weeks, taking 29 south through the eddies that are rolling around the South African Coast before flying north into Cape Town.
Finally if we zoom out a bit further we get a very impressive view of the Agulhas current along with the retroflection back into the Indian Ocean resulting in the eddy formation process that has been key to both our current approach and when Challenger was leaving South Africa back in January of 2013.
Over the next few days, 29 will continue to make her way around our current eddy and we will do our best to position her for a graceful exit into the next.
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