Coville and Sodebo 3 set new West‑Equatorian record

Crossing the equator at 01:03:30 (French time) after 4 days, 4 hours, 2 minutes and 25 seconds, the Ultim trimaran Sodebo 3 established a new outright West‑Equatorian benchmark during its Jules Verne Trophy attempt, shaving nearly 16 hours off the previous reference and altering tactical waypoints used by routing teams for long‑distance ocean passage planning.