To race around the world alone non-stop is pretty special and those that succeed enter an elite club. But when it comes to lapping the planet against the prevailing winds and currents, non-stop and alone the list stops way short of double figures. Last Christmas, solo sailor Guirec Soudée left France to set a new record and add his name to the gang, but his campaign took a very different approach. Instead of choosing a sturdy metal hulled monohull, Soudée and his team decided to take on the world in reverse with a fragile Ultim trimaran.

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There are precious few people who have successfully lapped the planet non-stop the wrong way, westabout, but Guirec Soudée is about to join that elite club and set a new record with it...but not before running into some serious weather

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Nursing a 32m trimaran that is designed for high speeds downwind in flat water around the world through the tough stuff when you are hauling it against the prevailing winds and currents for 40,000 miles is one thing, but negotiating a tropical cyclone that has 295km/hr winds and 10m waves takes things onto another level.

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