{"id":9253,"date":"2019-03-20T07:45:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T07:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/?p=9253"},"modified":"2019-03-21T07:49:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T07:49:05","slug":"day-104","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/konyukhov.ru\/en\/day-104\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 104"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday I passed the waypoint of 50 degrees South and 110 degrees West. \u00a0It is the first time I have descended (though technically I\u2019ve ascended) to 50 degrees South. \u00a0I will have to spend the remaining 1,400 kilometres to Cape Horn in these \u201cfurious fifties\u201d.<\/p>\n

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The ocean has spoiled me with a week of good weather, and I was able to make good progress on my course. \u00a0In ideal conditions, I should progress 10 degrees west in 10 days, and I have managed that distance in 11 days, which is a good result too. \u00a0Now the boat and I are in a zone of calm winds, and in a big swell \u2013 the calm before a storm. \u00a0The first Autumn storm, with winds of 45 knots (80 kilometres per hour) is approaching. \u00a0It will be a serious challenge. \u00a0The boat and I have not had to withstand a storm like that yet. \u00a0I don\u2019t know how the boat will cope with winds of that speed, and the waves are forecast to be 7 metres high. \u00a0If you add the wind crests, the waves will get to up to 9 metres. \u00a0The length of the boat is also 9 metres. \u00a0I\u2019m scared the boat will capsize lengthways or that I will steer the boat sideways to the wave. Today is the 104th<\/sup> day, and I haven\u2019t capsized yet, but it was a little calmer in the \u201cRoaring Forties\u201d. \u00a0Now, if I were climbing Mount Everest, I would be in the \u201cDeath Zone\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Yesterday I had a phone call from a journalist from Australian radio station SBS by the name of Olga Klepova. \u00a0We had a good conversation. \u00a0Olga has consistently been following my travels, reporting on them from Australia since my hot air balloon flight, and met me after the voyage from Chile to Australia aboard the \u201cTurgoyak\u201d rowing boat. \u00a0I have been friends with the people at SBS since 1990 when Alex Ivachev covered my first round the world voyage aboard the yacht \u201cKaraana\u201d from Sydney to Sydney in 222 days. \u00a0He helped me a lot, along with the whole Russian community in Sydney.<\/p>\n

The broadcast will be made available on SBS from 19 March.<\/p>\n