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New challenge aboard a 75’ trimaran for Ellen MacArthur
Ellen MacArthur will oversee the design and construction of a new 75-foot [22.8m] ’solo’ trimaran which will be entered into a campaign of single-handed record Record #sailingrecord attempts in 2004/5. -
Jules Verne Record
Ellen MacArthur : "I was just beginning to feel more comfortable in my role on board"
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Jules Verne Record
Kingfisher 2 now 1500 milles from Fremantle
HAVING COVERED NEARLY 750 MILES SINCE THE DISMASTING KINGFISHER2 has under 1500 miles to sail under jury rig to SW Australia. Weather conditions have been good and the catamaran has been averaging around 8 knots - if these averages are maintained then Ellen and the crew may be stepping ashore in Fremantle in 10 days (...) -
Christopher Columbus Route
New E-W TransAtlantic World Record for Fossett and PlayStation
Skipper Steve Fossett (USA) and his crew of 12 aboard the maxi-catamaran PlayStation achieved more sailing history Monday morning as they broke the East - West TransAtlantic sailing record Record #sailingrecord by over a day. They arrived at the island of San Salvador, the Bahamas following their 229-1/2 hour crossing from Cadiz, via the (...) -
Jules Verne Record
Kingfisher2 dismasted away from Kerguelen islands
AT 2222 GMT LAST NIGHT (SUNDAY 23.2.03) KINGFISHER2 DISMASTED - BOAT AND CREW ARE SAFE, NO INJURIES.... KINGFISHER2 was sailing in moderate conditions of 25-30 knots of wind in a 1.5 metre swell under full mainsail and spinnaker approximately 100 miles south east of the Kerguelen Islands (50 50’S 72 08’E). Suddenly without warning (...) -
TransAtlantic Sailing Record
Fossett and PlayStation Bearing Down on Bahamas As New East - West ’Columbus Route’
Steve Fossett and his international crew of 12 came through a testing Day 8 (Saturday) - covering 427nm over the past 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records - despite the breakage and subsequent repair of the mainsheet - a short piece of carbon-composite rope bearing up to 15 tonnes of load and controlling almost 600 sq m (...) -
Jules Verne Record
Kingfisher2’s draggerboard is broken
A SLOW 24 HOURS 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records , ONLY 300 MILES IN LAST 24HRS, BUT CREW SLOW BOAT TO WORK ON REPAIRING STARBOARD DAGGERBOARD through the night... It was discovered late yesterday that the daggerboard had been damaged in the collision - it probably saved the rudder in fact, as the broken piece of daggerboard (...) -
Jules Verne Record
19 days 2 hours 30 minutes from ushant to Cape of Good Hope for Kingfisher2
KINGFISHER2 crossed the longitude 018 28’E at 09:18:59GMT today - the first of three Capes she must keep to port as she crosses the Southern Ocean. Cape Horn is 10,000 miles to the east with Cape Leeuwin (tip of SW Australian) in between. The Cape of Good Hope to Cape Leeuwin record Record #sailingrecord is held by Olivier de (...) -
Jules Verne Record
Kingfisher 2 scores best own 24h run
KINGFISHER2 SCORES BEST 24 HOUR RUN - a blistering 567 miles in the past 24 hours 24 hours 24 hours best distance covered records . "At last, we’re off...thermals, 30 knots of wind and we’re hooning!" -
Jules Verne Record
Kingfisher2 in the 30s of southerly latitude
HEAVEN OR HELL, IT’S HARD TO TELL: The contrast couldn’t be greater, one minute shorts and t-shirts, sunshine and gentle but frustrating progress - the next, water hosing across the deck, violent motion in to an opposing sea, oilskins on, storm clouds and a sense of foreboding as the Southern Ocean approaches - but at least a (...)
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Maxi multicoques de la classe Ultimes
Le terme "G-Class" a été inventé par Bruno Peyron pour définir cette catégorie hors norme de multicoques et monocoques géants et "no limit" avant qu’ils ne soient définis comme "ultim".