Maserati

Giovanni Soldini, the legendary Italian racer on his sloop, Maserati,  while beating southwest through the South Atlantic toward Cape Horn, passed near his friend  Alessandro di Benedetto, the only Italian singlehander in the Vendée Globe aboard Team Plastique.

Maserati flying...

The two men apparently only saw each other's boats on radar, but in that part of the world seeing a friendly blip on the radar screen is practically like getting a bear hug. Several other Vendée Globe boats have also passed Maserati as she charges toward the Horn. "Fair winds, Alexander!" Soldini wrote in yesterday's blog post. "Once a day they Vendée Globe organizers sends data about the competitors’ positions and vice versa to avoid the risk of being too close. The ocean is huge, but you never know…"