Sunday January 4, 2026 - Last break before Cape Horn

January 4, 2026

Day 36

Yesterday, the Pacific Ocean, in its magnanimity, offered the eight women of The Famous Project CIC a respite, a breather in their race towards Cape Horn. The crossing of a so-called transition zone, with little wind, behind a high-pressure center moving northward, was completed at a very slow pace, with the giant trimaran's speedometer briefly dropping below 5 knots.

This slowdown did not worry much Alexia (Barrier), Dee (Caffari), Annemieke (Bes), Rebecca (Gmür Hornell), Deborah (Blair), Molly (LaPointe), Támara (Echegoyen), and Stacey (Jackson), confident that a steady north wind would return at dawn, blowing across the port side of the boat.

With the boat finally flat on a calm sea, the fury of the waves and the whistling of the hulls momentarily forgotten, the eight women enjoyed a welcome break from their tumultuous daily routine. They patiently positioned their Maxi Trimaran, performing no less than four gybes yesterday, in order to reach more turbulent areas and continue to gain ground in the south, towards the famous Cape Horn, now 1 100 miles away, which will force them to reach 56 degrees south latitude.

The Famous Project CIC will today take advantage of a new low-pressure system to extend its eastward run and sail as long as possible in the westerly winds, before another gybe behind the front. The latest routings proposed by Christian Dumard suggest a passage on Tuesday, January 6, as close as possible to the famous rock that each of the girls, from the most experienced in these waters, Dee Cafarri, to rookie Rebecca Gmuer, hopes to see in broad day light.